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Demolition & the folding crane!
Posted 2nd May 2008 at 00:28 by Simo
Demolition of buildings is a funny old thing! On one hand, its good to get rid of old, useless things... but on the other hand, its sad to see thousands/millions of pounds worth of materials and thousands of man-hours of effort be destroyed and ripped out. Demolition definately creates a fresh start!
At work, a demolition crew have been ripping down a redundant chemical plant to build new buildings and storage areas. Every day the skyline changes and the rate at which these guys are ripping chunks of metal out is impressive to say the least!
Watching what I call 'the jaws of death' pinching and grabbing at girders and chomping through them before shaking them and dropping them to the ground is a proper 'boys toys' job!
For the last week or so a large crane has been in use to support some of the girders and bits of the building that are being chopped out. We've used these particular designs of cranes a few times on site, but they always impress me... in a funny kinda way
A folding crane! Yes, thats right... these things literally unfold into gigantic towers! On my way home from work this evening the guys were packing the crane away so I grabbed a video clip of it folding up on my phone Funky stuff!
Yes, I know its random and bizarre, but I thought I'd share a few photos with you all
Photos : - old spray tower being demolishes & folding crane 'folding away'.
At work, a demolition crew have been ripping down a redundant chemical plant to build new buildings and storage areas. Every day the skyline changes and the rate at which these guys are ripping chunks of metal out is impressive to say the least!
Watching what I call 'the jaws of death' pinching and grabbing at girders and chomping through them before shaking them and dropping them to the ground is a proper 'boys toys' job!
For the last week or so a large crane has been in use to support some of the girders and bits of the building that are being chopped out. We've used these particular designs of cranes a few times on site, but they always impress me... in a funny kinda way
A folding crane! Yes, thats right... these things literally unfold into gigantic towers! On my way home from work this evening the guys were packing the crane away so I grabbed a video clip of it folding up on my phone
Funky stuff!Yes, I know its random and bizarre, but I thought I'd share a few photos with you all
Photos : - old spray tower being demolishes & folding crane 'folding away'.
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Thats cool, I've always found stuff like that interesting.
Is a shame tho when you think about the people who built it.Posted 3rd May 2008 at 16:48 by Alex 
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Nice Photo's Simo.
I've also witnessed the Jaws of Life before when my old school building was demolished.Posted 3rd May 2008 at 22:57 by Andi9386
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do you want a trainee simo?
Posted 21st May 2008 at 14:48 by dsh85
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