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[sutomcat]

Girder in place (almost).

20 girders now in place.

16 left to do.

West side has 7, east side has 9. They should get that number to 8 later today.

More numbers to track:
There are 14 cables for the old roof that need to be taken down. Since they were all supposed to be down within a week of deflation, I would expect them to start taking them down, carefully, sometime soon.Maybe today.

 

[Qbobby]

We have dual girders in the air!

 

[Nāraṅga]

In PA, The Gov. has ordered all non-essential businesses to close.

This has many people asking what is a nonessential business?

The DCED says a nonessential business is in the following industries:

Entertainment
Hospitality
Recreation facilities, including but not limited to community and recreation centers; gyms, including yoga, barre and spin facilities
Hair salons and barber shops
Nail salons and spas
Casinos
Concert venues
Theaters
Sporting event venues and golf courses
Retail facilities, including shopping malls, except for pharmacy or other healthcare facilities within retail operations.
Additionally, Governor Wolf has ordered that all restaurants and bars close their dine-in facilities to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

Restaurants and bars can continue to offer carry-out, delivery, and drive-through food and beverages. These services should utilize the CDC best practices for employees and cleaning and should follow President Trump’s guidance to avoid gatherings of 10 or more people.

This many have you asking, what is an essential business?

According to the Governor’s press release, essential businesses include the following industries:

Food processing
Agriculture
Industrial manufacturing
Feed mills
Construction
Trash collection
Grocery and household goods (including convenience stores)
Home repair/hardware and auto repair
Pharmacy and other medical facilities such as biomedical and healthcare
Post offices and shipping outlets
Insurance offices
Banks
Gas stations
Laundromats
Veterinary clinics and pet stores
Warehousing, storage and distribution
Public transportation
Hotels and commercial lodging
Although these businesses may remain open, the Wolf Administration continues to encourage them to employ social distancing practices, and encourages Pennsylvanians to be thoughtful in their visits.

 

[Nāraṅga]

I'm hoping that "Construction" remains on NYS's list of essential businesses

 

[Eric15]

The title of this thread reminds me of Jimmy Two Times in Goodfellas.

 

[bnoro]

double girder day!

 

[upperdeck]

so the west side will need 2 spirals done before any more progress.. that could mean the east side catches up with the girders for a short time.

 

[Shenexon]

We need more cranes...

 

[OrangeAl]

In PA, The Gov. has ordered all non-essential businesses to close.

What if we survive the disease but die from the cure? If we tank our economy we'll put a lot of people's health in jeopardy. It's the law of unintended consequences.

 

[CuseLegacy]

We have dual girders in the air!

 

[OburgOrange]

What kind of bird is that perched by the camera?

 

[BillSU]

There is a hawk sitting on the ledge in front of the live cam - very cool! 12:40 P.M.

 

[Moontan]

Another dual-girder day. Gotta love it!
Oh, the hawk is impressed as well.

 

[texascpa]

That has so many memes written all over it.

 

[Cuse12]

The hawk was surprising lol j was working and look up at my third screen that has this streaming and I was shocked! So cool

 

[orangedave]

Good to have this rumor confirmed.

I would assume this means SU has reached an agreement with an air conditioning company to outfit the dome with the equipment needed to make this happen. It will be interesting, really interesting, to see if that company is Carrier or someone else.

The 9 news story includes the name Carrier a few times. I wonder if that was a coincidence or a subtle foreshadowing of what is to come here?

 

[Sudano]

Yup. I doubt the contractor or University shuts it down. I suppose the County, Governor, or President could though.

That what scares me. We need strategic pointed plans, not a panicked mentality that throws the baby out with the bath water approach. Closing society isn't the answer. Taking appropriate steps toward social distancing for closed in workers is the answer.

 

[storange]

That what scares me. We need strategic pointed plans, not a panicked mentality that throws the baby out with the bath water approach. Closing society isn't the answer. Taking appropriate steps toward social distancing for closed in workers is the answer.

South Korea,
Very effective response,
Will be returning to near normal ahead of everyone.
Don’t expect a country where ...oh no I’m not going there.
Governments are bending laws in these unusual times. If SU tells Cuomo or whoever they and the surrounding community will lose millions of dollars if the dome is not done they may get to continue as one of those exceptions. State is going to be looking for things that will spurn recovery in the fall . Just spitballing.

 

[OrangeAl]

Are they prepping another spiral on the west side? Very cool!

 

[sutomcat]

Are they prepping another spiral on the west side? Very cool!

It has a collar on it. That is a good sign.
Almost sure it is the diagonal that will go between the last 2 vertical spirals installed on the west side. It will tilt from the lower left to the upper right. Then they will need to get the other diagonal on the other side of the last vertical and they can start work on expanding one more girder over.

Up to 21 girders in place now, 15 more to go. I would hope there are some spirals for the west side about to be delivered. They are almost out there. On the east side, the next step is to add a diagonal spiral that will connect to the newest girder installed there, right below the water tower at Thornden.

Hoping to see one or two of the cables that held up the old roof get detached soon. Pete Sala thought they would all be down in a week. It will be cool to watch this from the Lawrinson cam.

 

[TheHaze315]

Crane rookie here. just started following this closely, can somebody tell me what a spiral is and what a girder is? wanna follow along but also would like to know what i’m looking at lol

 

[upperdeck]

girder is the top of the zone.. spiral is the bottom.
short and slow vs long and skinny

 

[gocusecaz]

Spirals are the vertical pieces. The girders are the square pieces that connect the spirals.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Very little movement going on. Are the construction workers now limited to only 50% on site at one time?

 

[gocusecaz]

2 girders installed today plus another back stay being completed. Not a bad day.