Crane Collapse
Crane Collapse
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http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-crane-collapses-7-people...
I couldn't help but notice that construction workers in NY have an odd sense for the strength of plaster...
"The crane cut down the framework of the building "like a hot knife in butter," White said, because there was no plaster on it yet."
Unless plaster means masonry in New York???
I couldn't help but notice that construction workers in NY have an odd sense for the strength of plaster...
"The crane cut down the framework of the building "like a hot knife in butter," White said, because there was no plaster on it yet."
Unless plaster means masonry in New York???






RE: Crane Collapse
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What is going on with cranes in NYC (besides proven widespread corruption in the crane inspection department)?
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Don't some of you colonials colloquially refer to concrete as 'mud'? So the sentence could have been even worse;
'The crane cut down the framework of the building "like a hot knife in butter," White said, because there was no mud on it yet.'
RE: Crane Collapse
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/queens-cr...