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The New York Crane

The New York Crane

RE: The New York Crane

Wonder why the crane was left in the up position? Also appears to have possibly been fixed in place and not able to rotate with the wind.

RE: The New York Crane

Certainly failed like you would expect it to had it been fixed.

RE: The New York Crane

From looking at other video, I think the boom could not have been lowered all the way to horizontal because the building structure was already too tall. It still should have been weathervaned, which apparently didn't happen.

RE: The New York Crane

Storm preparation 101 for a construction site. Someone will have a real bad day when they come back to work after the flood waters recede.

PE, SE
Eastern United States

"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death!"
~Code of Hammurabi

RE: The New York Crane

Bad builder - they had 21 complaints against them last month alone. Believe total complaints is something around a couple hundred.

Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com

Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.

RE: The New York Crane

Construction worker conversation:
Jim: Hey Frank, you lowered the boom on the crane and tied it off right?
Frank: What? I thought you were going to do that!!!


NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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