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DID YOU HEAR A CRACKING SOUND? Friday, 14 November 2008 - 1:50 AM SL Time |  | |
- Friday Morning 26/09/08 - Castle Hill/Sydney
- 9 Day Old 250t Liebherr Crane (never used before)
- $4mill price tag
- Failure of back propping beneath the 200mm thick concrete deck.
- Crane support outrigger punches through slab causing crane to lose balance and collapses.
- Crane balanced in the air for approx 1 hour before entire rig & boom collapse completely across site and rigs falls through to the basement level.
- Amazingly no one was seriously injured or killed.
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SatanKaBacha
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 13 Nov 2008 20:03:35 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Is any structural guy out there daring enough to do things like these? :P |
MarkLevinson
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 13 Nov 2008 20:17:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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Is any structural guy out there daring enough to do things like these? :P
or waste $4mill????/ |
SatanKaBacha
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13 Nov 2008 20:44:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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or waste $4mill????/
LOL.. Not only that.. The building retrofit, delays and condition assessments would add more to it.
It looks to me that the Engineering profession is not well regulated in Australia. Otherwise, how on earth such a big crane would en up on an 8in. thk slab, despite re-shoring? Crazy..! |
penn
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 13 Nov 2008 21:34:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Holy cow!! who ever it is, is in the wrong field. |
Emperor74
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 13 Nov 2008 21:46:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Liebherr= Love master (German) The crane was in love with .... :)) |
penn
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13 Nov 2008 21:55:35 GMT Report for Abuse
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| LOL emps go check the guy Craig Shoemaker he is called 'the love master ' it's in you tube. |
Aani
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13 Nov 2008 22:15:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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SKB
I would appreciate your comments on 'how to do it' on the video in my space. If you don't have an explanation, I would assume you have lost the argument.
Cheers
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Revy
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13 Nov 2008 22:29:35 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Now somebody is going to have a lot of explaining to do :) |
ThinKing
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 13 Nov 2008 22:45:13 GMT Report for Abuse
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More photos :)
http://hills-shire-times.whereilive.com.au/photos/gallery/crane-collapse-at-castle-hill-construction-site/ |
MarkLevinson
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13 Nov 2008 22:58:49 GMT Report for Abuse
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It looks to me that the Engineering profession is not well regulated in Australia
I will get Gaja to write a letter to that particular minister......problem solved!!! |
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