The Construction Thread

[rosco rathbone]

Whoa. That's awesome, but also makes my stomach want to leap out of my mouth. I liked the crane and windmill photo, too. I drove by a truck transporting a blade for one of those sumbitches - HUGE. And I like cranes. There are always so many of them downtown with all the new condos being built. I saw a big crane hoisting a littler crane once. I decided to take it as a metaphor and feel inspired.

Sorry, Rosco - I don't really have anything cool to add, but for some reason your threads just make me feel really chatty lately!

alrite there chatty cathy

 

[thør]

That looks like the top chord before they put the lacing bars on. I spent months crawling around inside one of those.

That was: March 1936 - Workers connect the first link in the 1400-foot cantilever span for the Eastbay portion of the Bay Bridge.

 

[thør]

alrite there chatty cathy

Reported!

Personal info!

 

[thør]

http://www.nps.gov/cakr/parknews/images/DSCN0579_scaled_415x311.JPG

http://www.nps.gov/cakr/parknews/images/DSCN0201_556x417.jpg

http://www.nps.gov/kova/parknews/images/DSCN0193_556x417.jpg

http://www.nps.gov/kova/parknews/images/NAHC_art_resize_1.jpg

Northwest Arctic Heritage Center - A National Park Service building on Kotzebue, Alaska.

 

[thør]

http://www.johntyman.com/arctic/pics/251.jpg

 

[thør]

http://www.uicconstructionservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/deadhorse-northslope.jpg

 

[thør]

http://www.uicconstructionservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/barrowclimatefacility.jpg

Global Climate (Research) Facility - Barrow, AK

 

[thør]

http://www.uicconstructionservices.com/wp-content/themes/UICCS/images/uic-project-background.jpg

K-12 school, Chefornak, Alaska

 

[thør]

http://cloud.lomography.com/576/384/2d/942d8dad6157ca23677ee70283de2b4739a900.jpg

 

[thør]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BThiFkcCIAACeiX.jpg

 

[rosco rathbone]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BThiFkcCIAACeiX.jpg

Do you have better pictures of the rigging on that? What's that holdback going to? Is there a derrick on top of the tower?

 

[Saint Peter]

I got the taglines.

Just get that fucker up in the air.

 

[rosco rathbone]

I got the taglines.

Just get that fucker up in the air.

mad bastard

 

[thør]

Do you have better pictures of the rigging on that? What's that holdback going to? Is there a derrick on top of the tower?

A derrick? Perhaps a winch. Costs too much to get equipment out to these places. But, no other photos and it seems the terra.gci.com website is currently down.

 

[rosco rathbone]

A derrick? Perhaps a winch. Costs too much to get equipment out to these places. But, no other photos and it seems the terra.gci.com website is currently down.

Oh i thought it was one of your gigs.

 

[Saint Peter]

How to get it up there? That would be a Field problem.


Love always,
The Shop

 

[thør]

Oh i thought it was one of your gigs.

I've worked on some similar with that same contractor and owner.

How to get it up there? That would be a Field problem.


Love always,
The Shop

The guys that do that work already have a plan or two in place when they send their tools and equipment out to the job site.

 

[thør]

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1016189_599059176824208_1206364412_n.jpg

 

[chillywilly2]

http://www.gvea.com/images/igallery/resized/1-100/evacreek_1_4-74-600-500-80.jpg

We have a 650T coming in next week to change the gear boxes on about 20 of them. 350 feet of stick with a lufer jib

Water levels are so high right now after all the rain that they are running the hydro plants full bore and shut the wind farm down.

 

[chillywilly2]

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1016189_599059176824208_1206364412_n.jpg

there's gotta be something we can't see in that pic

 

[thør]

Water levels are so high right now after all the rain that they are running the hydro plants full bore and shut the wind farm down.

So? Who cares after the job is done?

 

[trysail]

there's gotta be something we can't see in that pic

Either that or somebody is seriously fucking crazy.

 

[thør]

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/sites/default/files/styles/ad_slideshow_normal/public/flood%20recovery%2023.jpg

 

[Saint Peter]

"I was just looking for cracks."

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/building-inspector-charged-with-invading-womans-underwear-drawer-while-she-was-in-the-room

 

[thør]

"I was just looking for cracks."

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/building-inspector-charged-with-invading-womans-underwear-drawer-while-she-was-in-the-room

He had spackle!