Tower crane #3 rises: Time-lapse compilation of assembly from start to finish 

I assume dismantling it is this whole thing in reverse? Truly remarkable stuff. It would be fascinating to see a video of how the history of cranes evolved to these.

This is my favorite from the whole series. The music is perfect for the actions. I sometimes use it to fall asleep, because I've watched it so many times and I can picture it in my mind. The last score is claiming victory. Brilliant.

This was a really good video. Magnificent filming! Thanks for making and posting it. A lot of people commented negatively about the music, (although I didn't mind it). We all have the ability to reduce our output volume or mute it completely. I'm glad that there was no spoken commentary because this would have just been another run of the mill documentary. Those guys working at heights are very impressive. Thanks once again.

We have three different job sites with cranes that I see every day on my way to/from work and I have been wondering about the 'how". Now I know, mystery solved. Thanks!

I have MAD RESPECT for these Men. My Dad was a Crane Operator for 34 years, and from the time I was 14, I got to help build his crane out, ALOT. On solid ground, it was a work out, but, these MEN, take this to an entirely different level. I have nothing but respect for you Men who go, UP, building out these Cranes. Sadly, I have an abject fear of going up, as I suffered a horrible 2o foot fall, that has me a wee skittish of going up. I do tip my Hat to all of you, who build out Tower Cranes, and Climb Steel.

Thank you to all involved in this video, from the folks who poured the concrete & rebar to the person(s) typing the letters in the editing, to the folks who put forth the money to make this video happen, to the people involved in the assembly of this unit. Me and my sons were completely silent while watching this, (they are never silent, LOL). Those large cranes are always neat and amazing to see while driving by or seeing them in the distant skyline. The amount of detail that has been captured in this particular video, was stressful, and yes, very enjoyable. I Think, that my two young boys had their first strings of emotions pulled on watching actually how long it takes many men to make this happen, while safety being paramount. I think this struck a nerve for them, to really appreciate (to the best of their young minds could allow), due fact that they had just spent the past 2 to 3 hours doing the lawn work before watching this tower crane assembly video , and me giving them a constant swift boot in their a$$es every 10 minutes to keep going and to get the lawn work done. While watching the video, I suppose, they where trying to relate to the amount of work that they were doing, and the amount of flawless work everybody in this video was doing? I proposed the idea, of busting out the LEGO's, as I am a avid fan of the greatest toy ever thought of, and they do enjoy LEGO bricks but, prefer to build and leave the kits assembled, which is 100% fine, but, I wanted to see what they would do, now that we watched this video. Myself as a child, whenever I seen a piece of equipment, I would study the daylights out of it, to the best of my tiny little mind's ability, and then hit the LEGO bricks or Erector/ Meccano/ Gilbert, etc. to see if I could build whatever it was I had seen and make as many of the functions work like the real unit. With out even mentioning the idea, "Hey guy's, lets see if we can build a tower crane!!", or "Lets see who can build the best tower crane!!" as kids typically would say and do... I didn't say a word, and they were already running their minds at 1000 MPH, on how they each were gonna this and gonna that... I had a really great day. Again, Thank you to all that were involved in making this video happen. So much happened today, because of this video, all three of us learned something, they learned things about cranes, and somewhat of a start to what a work ethic is (have to start somewhere) and I learned that my two boys, can be inspired, all on their own, based on imagination. Let alone, the quality time spent. What a great day. Drew

I've seen this hundreds of times and i still take my hats off to the men who do this high risk jobs at such great heights

Them Dudes are brave man! I have so much respect for them now, I had no idea thats how those things were put together! Amazing!

wathching this video was just plain FUN !! one of the best i've youtube'd ..THANX!!

So that's how they put them up! Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Great video. Thank you. And I liked the seagull at 10.29.

my hat goes off to them guys who put this massive tower cranes up

Entertainment of the best kind accompanied by AWESOME music. Thanks!

Speechless. We lubbers take them for granted, but what dedication to get them up there , and, operating. Should wear a badge of recognition. Best Vid Clip seen to date. Construction Heroes.

Hard workers, honest earnings. Best tower crane assembly vid ever seen. Thanks for sharing.

Really cool!! Enjoyed the whole thing, the process was very interesting! I could never do it, but respect the guys here that did!!

As far as cancelling the lift, look at the flag on the building on the lower left. The flag is blowing straight across indicating high wind conditions. I am surprised that this was not highlighted! Great series! Keep them coming!

Have to say this is very well put together, and the tunes are class,very interesting:)

I salute you guys I worked hard for 31 years in the auto. Industry but your work is harder and more dangerous than mine be safe please God bless

Excellent work. Thank you. Congratulations (and admiration) to those men and to crane engineering.

Wow! Great job -- video and post. I've often wondered how tower cranes were assembled. Now, we know. Thanks!

You see it with your own eyes..........and you still can't believe this ballet of building!

This is breathtaking😃I live in the Hudson Yard’s in Manhattan West a Brookfield Property and the second tower is going up 🛗 and you can drew the tower going up floor by floor exactly like you feed😀the different colors etc.😄

Imagine being involved in the trial and error phase of crane construction in its infancy. Just mad, the balls on those people 👏👏👏

iron workers, erecting cranes these guys have balls of steel,if it wasen,t for them we would not have cities and condos like these hats off to all the construction workers god bless you all and stay safe keep on rocking

Superb video and editing skills! Respect those working on building and designing the crane!

This music choice is nuts. It’s almost as crazy as the madmen who put up this crane.

Excellent video. I always been curious about tower cranes.

Never knew it was this much work! Bravo to those chaps

Respect to these brave men. I sure couldn’t do this job. I’d have a heart attack

A brilliant video - you solved the mystery of crain construction for me. A big THANK YOU!

great video , sound and all.

Great video. Those guys have balls of steel. Should be on a big wage. So did they just put an extendable arm on the other crane for extra reach? Can't know how it doesn't topple over.

hats off to all the crane operators around the world. (I couldnt do it!) You built these cities on rock and roll. btw i think cranes make me go "wow" more than the skyscrapers they build, theyre an amazing and audacious technology

Desde colombia. Logre ver todo el video de montaje. Mil felicitaciones a la compañia de gruas y a sus operarios. Eso es como de fantasia. Solo la altura me produce vertigo. Estos operarios ya estan operados sobre todo el que llego hasta la punta de la pluma. Yo a tan solo dos metros ya abria renunciado. Buen trabajo mis pupilos. 👍🇦🇲 vale.

pekerjaan yg profesional. smua di krjakan prosedur dan tetap mengutamakan keselamatan. kalian pekerja yang hebat💪💪💪👍👍👍👍

10:22 birds like “fuck y’all doing?”

Haha, I love when the bird came to watch at 10:20 XD

In my younger years as a crane operator, I had the chance to operate a Liebherr, one of the largest tower cranes I had ever seen. It was 280 feet in the air with a 300 ft boom. Huge cab with toilet. I can tell you, being that high and the way that machine swayed, it is not for the faint of heart. The tower was massive, at least twice the size of this one. Max pic on the end at 280 ft, 2 tons. I also operated it at night on a nuclear power construction job. Miss those days.

Dancing hard to tower crane music........the X is kicking in.........man I love cranes......and the new crane music movement!

Great video. Nice detail at 20:44. thanks for the mix of all the detail shots and the overview!

10:20: watch that seagull! Such a nice detail that makes the time lapse even more enjoyable!

I'm very interested in what the blue device (approximately the size of, say, a circular saw... just as a size example) was which they used to double-check and possibly tighten or adjust the bolts they had manually fit in between the upright sections of the crane. I noticed those bolts initially assembled just with hand tools... wrenches and so forth. Unless it was only a safety line, the blue tool almost looks like it could have been pneumatic? Tightening or double-checking the torque on the bolts is what I assumed was happening, but I'd love to know exactly what that tool was.

The flying jib on the support crane seems to have a kink in it. I don't suppose it really does but it certainly looks like it!

Very good! Watched with my 10 year old thank you very much for amazing video!!

Go to playback settings and click on X2 or greater, much more interesting to watch that way. I enjoyed doing this type of work, it's a lot of fun when you're with a good group of guys.

Why do tears well up in my eyes? When I view the wonders, the marvels that man has made, I think of the wonders, the marvels- -including man, that God has Made!!!!!!

Hats off to these tough guys. No safety harness!

In Nottingham where I live in the UK there are 5 high cranes 1 tower and 4 jib cranes one of them has an estimated (by me) 230foot high tower then the cab and boom. It looks over our magistrates court and train station. I admire the bravery of these engineers who do this. Plus seeing a giant crane sett against a blue sky makes you feel something awe inspiring inside to think this is just the beginning. Wait till the building starts for real. Thanks for sharing and teaching me something.

Great video and, the music is good too ! Too bad you couldn't get Dylan though ! LOL . I did this , erecting, dismantling & operating for 33 years ! Mostly operating. Loved every minute of it ! Thanks for the great video work !

incredible amount of work rigging these cranes they must be on big bucks!

As a kid, I never knew, how, skyscrapers were top up. thats the spirit guiding the mind. 👍🏽

I turned the music off

I was curious how this machines were rise !! outstanding video

Very good good job guys you have best team

great job, expertise skills

enjoyed watching this video. nice music as well.

The assembly Crane Operator is top notch !

...Cool, the Supervisor-Seagull at 10:22!

I've always wondered about this. Yeah, so it's basically 2 stages. 1. Portable crane builds the "base" 2. The crane builds itself, which is the most amazing part

time lapse photograpy so cool

No wonder these guys get paid the big bucks! No way I would do it, that's for sure!!

What great engineering! The only thing that's hold the whole crane is but a "few" screws. It's just incredible!

Once on site the crane was booked by the concrete workers for most of the day so we had to carry our gib sheets for the entire morning up the damn stairs four levels, we sure missed the crane that day.

I ran a raisin' gang for three years in D.C. , working outa Local 5 . 1985 - 1988 . Worked four 10s , & a lot of five 10s . Weekends me and my two connectors worked w / the rigging side of our company on tower cranes . putting them up , taking 'em down , and just about anything W.E. & Mike Parker needed us to do . Men in this video , BAD TA DA BONE! . Guy who commented on erection being crane garbage well , I'm gonna' be kind. I do know that HE CANT SPELL IRONWORKER , and 30 years ago Ida knocked him out ; if I coulda found him .Those kind though , you couldn't find ANYWHERE . Deadeye 84

До 15-ти минут смотрел с перемоткой через 1-2 минуты, а потом полностью. И всё интерес был что же это такое? Пока не подняли кабину. Работать на такой высоте, аж дух захватывает ! ! !

10:12 at this point i see them both smiling wide as they realize they got it on backwards and are turning it around. hahahah love it

спасибо за отличный ролик !!! я все 33 минуты просмотра завидовал сам себе !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Завидовал потому что работа у меня совсем не связана с высотой и риском а творческая и приятная ...... я ландшафтный дизайнер .......

Great shot of the tower crane at mob a cross the street

I worked in construction for 50 years and I can’t ever to remember us using a tork wrench to righting large bolts which I think that was crazy ! Did snap a few bolts ! It should be mandatory to tork the bolts to specks for those bolts we used a wrench with a pipe extenching Crazy!

I never thought I would enjoy tower crane assembly so much...

To me, these are not mere men: They are gods!!! This crane is AWESOME!!!

Bravo messieurs et bon courage , vous êtes super

I like this a lot i love watching construction videos

Congratulations for the great work and professionalism of the team, risky service but it was very well executed...👍👌🇧🇷👨‍🔧

I ❤️ this job I've done this job,🐯🇲🇾

Had breakfast a Burger King and now here I am 🤷🏻‍♀️ alrighty then. Awesome video! I heard it takes 2 weeks for installing and take down.

I love how the music goes all porno when it's getting it's cockpit.

Well done; very interesting!

It's amazing that so many things can be built... If I was the foreman I'd just throw my hands up and declare... It's too complicated. This can't be done. And I'd go home.

Great video thank you

Taakunga mahi o muri-atu..Tangata Mahi Maitai..Pai nga whakaaro, Pai te raa whaka-mutu -nga.. kaapai presente e hoa ma 🦾 Kia ora ✌️👍

Very impressive and useful

j'adore bravo

cool timelapse.

Sacré boulot ! bravo

I guess red sweatshirt at 11:19 doesnt need a safety harness. Must be a boss.

19 min into it is when i couldnt watch anymore of it that takes big balls to do that

Шикарный видос! Лайк!

Great video thx

Great video 👍👍

tankyou so much very nice video

Nice Video, Thank's. 💥✅👍😎

If you look at the flag to the left of the screen my guess is the wind speed was not in favour for the operating section to be installed safely.

I love it!

At last I have learned how they do it. Thanks a lot.

As a New Yorker I always wondered how they did that

Fantastic watch!! Always been interested in this kind of thing. Can someone explain to me why the bottom few sections had a "post & socket" type of join whereas the upper sections had an external bolting system.

Hats off to the courage people behind the work.

My hat off to them, I lose my mind cleaning my gutters out.Company computer, no sound, so I guess I'm blessed.