The jib of a luffing crane tower crane collapsed overnight last Friday on a major residential job in west London.

Crane owner Falcon Cranes said: “It has been reported to us that the jib of one of our luffing jib tower cranes collapsed overnight at a construction site in Acton.

“The crane was not in operation at the time and there are no reports of injuries or structural damage to other property.

“We will be conducting a thorough investigation of all immediate and underlying causes of the collapse.”

The crane was working on Durkan’s job for Network Homes to build 158 affordable homes near Central Middlesex Hospital in London’s Old Oak and Park Royal regeneration zone.

Last November the luffing jib of another falcon tower crane collapsed on a residential construction site in Edinburgh.