Rapid development of the construction industry and decrease in land space have resulted in the development of high-rise buildings. This makes the usage of cranes inevitable. However, usage of cranes has often caused accidents which result in deaths and also varies injuries. This paper aims to increase the level of safety for high-rise building construction when using crane. Literature and empirical data were obtained in this study. Review of related literature was conducted to identify problems associated with the use of cranes in high-rise building constructions. Questionnaire survey was carried out on industry players to recognize the current practice in the industry. Document analysis was then implemented to highlight the existing flaws of the current crane design. An innovation was then proposed to try counteract the problems highlighted earlier. It is expected that the innovation proposed will have a huge impact to the level of safety in crane usage for high-rise building construction. Being simple and economical, it is targeted that the innovation is easily adopted by construction players.
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To Cite this Article: Rosman, M. R., Mahyuddin, M. N., Samsudin, N. S., Hadzaman, N. A. H., & Nordin, R. M. (2022). Increase Safety in High-Rise Building Construction with Innovation on Cranes. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(3), 572–579.
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