A Crane has arrived!!
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I like watching the live video on cyclones.com website, something strange about watching these little men in yellow shirts and hardhats working on that monstrous steel structure. The traffic in the background keeps it real. Thank you JP, this will be my top rated TV series of the summer!
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Yep, you were right. It's on there now:
THAT THING IS HUGE!
That is all.
And before anyone says it, that's what she said.
Now that is all.
Don't know what was going on, but it isn't unusual to see the lights on at the stadium during the summer. It is for recruiting. The people on the balcony may just be recruits.
A couple of observations. First, is the crane they are using now one of the cranes they will use to put the crossbeam in place? It looks like the same series as the all-terrain Grove GMK7550 crane mentioned in post #110. Hard to tell what model it is sitting behind all that steel, but it appears to have the height capacity and it handled those smaller sections easily.
Second, late afternoon yesterday, they were using a bobcat to break out a couple sections of concrete along its west edge between the west tower and the crossbeam section. I think they were also digging into the hillside, but it was hard to tell because it was on the edge of the video feed. Are they preparing the site to place the crane? The sections of concrete removed are about 30 ft apart which matches the specs for the crane’s pad placement.
Lastly, if you look closely at the crossbeam section, you can see the 4 attachment points the cranes will use to lift it into place. You can see them along the top edge. They are 1 section in from each end.
Second, late afternoon yesterday, they were using a bobcat to break out a couple sections of concrete along its west edge between the west tower and the crossbeam section. I think they were also digging into the hillside, but it was hard to tell because it was on the edge of the video feed. Are they preparing the site to place the crane? The sections of concrete removed are about 30 ft apart which matches the specs for the crane’s pad placement.
Lastly, if you look closely at the crossbeam section, you can see the 4 attachment points the cranes will use to lift it into place. You can see them along the top edge. They are 1 section in from each end.
Yeah, that was my first thought too, but i opened up the video last night and definitely saw workers down there on the ground. Those on the balcony couldve been recruits, yes, but the lights were likely on for the construction crew.
The place I have an internship over the summer did some sampling of the footings for the two supports. I wasn't lucky enough to be put on that job though :sad:
Update on post #127 . It looks like they poured new concrete in the sections where they had just torn it out. Did they beef up these areas for the crane's support pads? If you want to see what it looked like with the concrete removed, look at the picture in post #121 . You can see the removed sections on either end of the bobcat.http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/2283603-post127.html
Shouldn't be an issue with the crane company having big enough cranes. The crane company, crane rental & rigging, all over the Midwest has a grove gmk7550 550 ton mobile crAne, a liebherr ltm 1500 600 ton crane and a liebherr ltm 1400 500 ton crane which I would believe well see two of the three listed and with the pick on Monday of next week these cranes should hopefully be onside this Friday thru sundAy to be ready early Monday for preparations.
CycloneErik
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This is what it was...it was that top angled part. The way the camera is set up, it looked like a long panel of some sort.
Looks a combination of scaffolding and some long (20'+) aluminum pick boards. I wonder of they need those to access video board components after they set the crossbeam? If they were simply concerned about protecting the glass in the Jake they'd just use plywood and some 4x4s.
CycloneErik
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I logged in after posting. It definitely looks like a panel that wasn't there before with three workers around it.
