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#203
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Posted 16 April 2017 - 07:20 PM
And unnecessary.
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Posted 16 April 2017 - 08:06 PM
Glad to see it was not old age making me see things ... was driving along cook and thought I swa a red crane, but lost site of it as I head towards Yates.
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Posted 19 April 2017 - 11:24 AM
The near crane is lifting an elevator part onto the roof of Promontory. Middle tower crane is for the 5 story Encore building. There are also barge cranes working at the marina.
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Posted 19 April 2017 - 12:12 PM
A big piece of the elevator system is already shot? When I was a kid we'd re-wind the motor rotors on site... uphill both ways.
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Posted 19 April 2017 - 12:25 PM
One elevator was just closed for 5 weeks while they re-roped it. A resident reported scraping sounds. Investigation showed the cables had been improperly installed, causing two cables to rub against each other and fray.
This piece is for the other elevator (aka "Bouncy Castle") that has been jerky since the building opened. Though it was deemed safe, the motion was disconcerting enough that people not in the know would ask if it was ok to ride.
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Posted 19 April 2017 - 01:25 PM
Who is the elevator manufacturer at Promontory?
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Posted 19 April 2017 - 01:28 PM
Hopefully they are still under warranty because elevator parts and repairs are freakin' expensive!
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Posted 19 April 2017 - 02:11 PM
Who is the elevator manufacturer at Promontory?
Schindler
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Posted 19 April 2017 - 03:19 PM
Hopefully they are still under warranty because elevator parts and repairs are freakin' expensive!
Tell me about it. We are replacing the elevator in my (4-storey) condo building this year. Even at only 60% of the cost to me (the rest from our CFR) my share is still coming in at 4 figures.
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Posted 20 April 2017 - 07:40 PM
there is a segment on right now on the show How Its Made about fabricating Tower Cranes
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Posted 22 April 2017 - 09:05 AM
A Tower Crane base has been installed on the Summit job Hillside ave.
The crane will be a Wolfkran 325 sl and it will be erected to 120’ freestanding. It will have 230’ of jib
similar to the one at St Andrews site Pandora...think it too will be a red one.
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Posted 22 April 2017 - 09:12 AM
Cool. Thanks.
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Posted 26 April 2017 - 04:28 PM
People who appreciate cranes might find this story interesting:
http://www.cbc.ca/ne...escue-1.4085919
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Posted 26 April 2017 - 04:44 PM
People who appreciate cranes might find this story interesting:
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 26 April 2017 - 05:22 PM
Just watched that on the news . Almost unbelievable that she was able to shimmy down the cables. Firefighters said they wanted to hire as a high angle rescue trainer.
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Posted 28 April 2017 - 07:57 PM
Has Toronto’s famous ‘Crane Girl’ climbed here? One photo appears to be our Goldstream trestle
...one of the photos from her Instagram account looked awful familiar to us here in Victoria...
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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