Dallas Texas Crane Collapse (Wind) 2

[jrs_87]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...zed-crane-collapses-Dallas-thunderstorms.html

Bigge tower crane collapses onto occupied apartment building and multilevel parking garage. The void in the parking structure is an apocalyptic sight.

Risk management appears to be becoming more difficult these days.

 

[JStephen]

What the storm was like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB-DIzwdB_0

Edit: Local Sonic sign had the plastic blown out near our house, and that was quite a bit less severe than downtown. I also hear reports of some of the cantilevered redlight support poles being damaged, but don't know how many or exactly where.

 

[JStephen]

A similar collapse in Halifax in the hurricane:

https://globalnews.ca/video/5871999...ne-collapses-in-downtown-halifax-during-storm

 

[VEBill]

I live just outside Halifax, Nova Scotia. Over 80% of the province is without power.

Thankfully I've got a generator which we used last evening and this morning. And we got power back at 11am, but most of the province (about 75%, roughly) is still out.

Here's the crane. There's a video of it actually falling over online, above post.

 

[itsmoked]

VEIBill; Interesting collapse that, the droopy wet-noodle look. Seems quite different from the latest collapses where they break up with pieces going all over to cause more ground mayhem.

Keith Cress
kcress -

http://www.flaminsystems.com

 

[3DDave]

They stick together when the bolts aren't taken out.

 

[hokie66]

At least that one fell and punished its own building, rather than somebody else's.

 

[itsmoked]

Funny that, eh 3DD!

Definitely hokie.

I'm a little surprised though, they had to know this was coming, unlike most those other crane disasters, and yet they couldn't come up with a solution to protect their million dollar crane.

Couldn't they tether it to the building or guy wire it to something?

Keith Cress
kcress -

http://www.flaminsystems.com

 

[1503-44]

Not weathervaning substancially increases gust load. Tethers not good.

 

[Sparweb]

Couldn't they tether it to the building or guy wire it to something?

Perhaps Halifax city officials are still reviewing the operator's application to shore the crane for extreme weather protection?
(Joking of course)

http://www.sparweb.ca

 

[TenPenny]

I think the building that the crane was on was not the one it fell onto.

One thing the building owner said was 'Good thing it landed on my building, which is unoccupied; it's just a matter of money to fix it, no people were harmed'.

 

[itsmoked]

That building owner must be a pokadotted unicorn. I hope all his costs are covered and that he suffers little setback.

Keith Cress
kcress -

http://www.flaminsystems.com

 

[hokie66]

Maybe I came to the wrong conclusion from the photos. Can someone who knows confirm whether or not the collapsed Halifax crane was being used in the construction of the building which it fell on?

 

[3DDave]

It looks like it fell on the building across the street which is also being constructed.

https://globalnews.ca/video/5873305/crane-downed-in-halifax-by-hurricane-dorians-high-winds

 

[Sym P. le]

new topic Halifax Crane Collapse - Hurr. Dorian

I've posted the construction sites from Google Maps.

 

[JAE]

An ENR update:

https://www.enr.com/external_headli...bLS0gmqR_by&images_premium=1&define_caption=1

 

[bones206]

How is Bigge still in business? They seem to be involved in fatal accidents on a regular basis.