CHAMPAIGN – Operating a tower crane isn't for everyone – especially if you're acrophobic, claustrophobic or clumsy. Your whole day is spent in a compact "cabin" about 200 feet in the air. Part of the ...
Joe Mondloch’s workplace hinges on where his employer deploys him, confined high in the air like a bat in a cage. Navigating a crane while mounted anywhere from 150 feet to over 800 feet above ground ...
The air conditioner was buzzing and blowing to keep up with the desert sun, but the small window unit had already lost its cool. My hands—shaky and slippery with sweat—were having trouble keeping a ...