Abstract: Construction equipment is one of the important factors affecting super-tall building quality control. In this paper, through finite element modeling, the effect of an external climbing tower crane to the steel plate shear wall in high-rise building in the course of construction is simulated.By contrast analysis of the steel plate shear walls' vertical stresses, vertical displacements and horizontal displacements in cases of a tower crane attached and no tower crane attached, the stress and displacement influential effect of the external climbing tower crane to the steel plate shear wall during construction is obtained, to provide guidance for quality control and testing of steel plate shear wall in the construction process.