Construction In An Urban Jungle

When you think of Winnipeg you really don't think of an "Urban Jungle" as you would think of New York or Toronto but with an increase of population, a focus on rapid public transit corridors, as well as the hope of downtown revitalization, there is definitely an increase of the appearance of cranes in our vast horizon. With that comes some interesting legal construction concerns which many of us may never even have turned our minds towards in Winnipeg.

Crane Swing Agreements

I will start off with this first as I mentioned cranes above. These are agreements between the land owner of the construction (the "Developer") and an applicable neighbour (the "Neighbour") to delineate the area which a crane being used for the construction may swing over the adjacent lands owned by the Neighbour. It will set out certain height and/or depth restrictions for such swing as well as the fact that any crane needs to be installed and operated by qualified professionals