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Title: Cranes
Post by: Parts on May 30, 2008, 01:09:05 PM
What's with cranes lately this is the second collapse this year in NYC and they had another big on fall in Miami

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NEW YORK - A construction crane collapsed Friday on New York's Upper East Side, smashing into a 23-story apartment building as it fell to the ground, killing two construction workers and seriously injuring another
Title: Re: Cranes
Post by: Peter on May 30, 2008, 02:03:54 PM
They just don't make them like they used to.
Title: Re: Cranes
Post by: Parts on May 30, 2008, 02:46:15 PM
They fired a building inspector over the last one and said they would make inspections more rigorous
Title: Re: Cranes
Post by: odeon on May 30, 2008, 04:21:00 PM
Quote from: parts on May 30, 2008, 02:46:15 PM
They fired a building inspector over the last one and said they would make inspections more rigorous

Maybe the inspectors need to get closer to the risky ones? :zoinks:
Title: Re: Cranes
Post by: Pyraxis on May 30, 2008, 09:04:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 30, 2008, 04:21:00 PM
Maybe the inspectors need to get closer to the risky ones? :zoinks:

 :laugh: Yeah, that'll solve it nicely.
Title: Re: Cranes
Post by: Gluey on June 09, 2008, 10:24:08 AM
At first I thought oyu meant those nasty long necked birds.
Title: Re: Cranes
Post by: renaeden on June 09, 2008, 08:07:18 PM
(http://www.philohome.com/towercrane/crane1-v.jpg)

We have a couple of cranes near where I live. If they fell, that would be half of the town gone.
Title: Re: Cranes
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 09, 2008, 08:08:40 PM
Quote from: renaeden on June 09, 2008, 08:07:18 PM
(http://www.philohome.com/towercrane/crane1-v.jpg)

We have a couple of cranes near where I live. If they fell, that would be half of the town gone.

Pretty small town you live in there... ;)