the crane the crane

[rocklloyd]

it's going up!

 

[sutomcat]

Cool stuff.

 

[sutomcat]

Almost there now.

 

[gocusecaz]

Nice snow squall helping out

 

[Atlcuse44]

Those guys must be freezing their ya-yas off up there. They need a shot of something when they come down.

When I was a tween/teen living in Syracuse, my Dad would give me a shot of some Polish cherry whiskey when I came in from shoveling the driveway. That stuff warmed you up quick.

 

[rocklloyd]

Those guys must be freezing their ya-yas off up there. They need a shot of something when they come down.
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When I was a tween/teen living in Syracuse, my Dad would give me a shot of some Polish cherry whiskey when I came in from shoveling the driveway. That stuff warmed you up quick.

I'm thinking they are sweating bullets with that steel hanging from the crane.

 

[sutomcat]

I'm thinking they are sweating bullets with that steel hanging from the crane.

Building a complicated, unstable crown truss over an existing extremely fragile roof in the middle of a Syracuse winter is a lot to take on. The people on this crew have my respect for even trying to pull this off.

 

[rocklloyd]

Building a complicated, unstable crown truss over an existing extremely fragile roof in the middle of a Syracuse winter is a lot to take on. The people on this crew have my respect for even trying to pull this off.

exactly, every time the steel flies over existing roof, my heart is pounding. This is a heckuva of an engineering undertaking we are witnessing right before our eyes.

 

[DuxburyO]

That's a big crane. Obvious comment be damned

 

[FAL]

I'm thinking they are sweating bullets with that steel hanging from the crane.

‘And in Cicero, NY, a few miles from the Dome:

Didn’t even need a crane for this.

 

[rocklloyd]

‘And in Cicero, NY, a few miles from the Dome:

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Didn’t even need a crane for this.

they're going to need a crane now. Thankfully (amazingly) no one was hurt.

 

[sutomcat]

So it looks like they have that big piece seated in place now, though they probably have connections to make that will require Walt to hold it in place for a while longer.

Based on what they have ready to go at the pile on Irving Ave, I am guessing they put up another single on the other side of the arrowhead in the northwest corner, then use the big piece of top rail there to connect it to the top rail already up in that corner. When they do that, we can begin to see the bend in the top rail and really start to get an appreciate for how big it is going to be.

On the northeast corner, it is harder to speculate. We can't see what they have sitting around to provide clues. But I would guess they are soon going to do the same steps just done to the northwest arrowhead: add a support beam adjacent to it and use a big top rail piece to connect it to the arrowhead.

The corners diagonals each have three arrowheads. They started with the middle ones in the northwest and northeast corners and will build out on the sides from there.

My guess is that only the middle arrowheads in these corners will get the short piece of rail and that we will see the missing middle and left supports for the right side of the big piece of rail put up soon.

The shortest support tube is probably going on the side of the rail in the northwest corner towards the Barnes Center (east). The longer ones are probably destined for the other side of the top rail, as it starts to rise up dramatically behind the end zones.

 

[Chip]

it's going up!

Are we still talking about a crane? Asking for a friend. His name is Millhouse.

 

[sutomcat]

One more update: Skylar lifted a support beam on the northeast corner up top and appears to be holding it in place as it is being secured to the tension ring, next to the northeast arrowhead.

I think this means a big section of top rail is going to be put up in the northeast corner, connecting it to the short section over there. Looks like they are mimicking what was just done on the northwest corner.

 

[rocklloyd]

do we think there will have to be a move of walt to reach the south side of dome?

 

[sutomcat]

do we think there will have to be a move of walt to reach the south side of dome?

My understanding is that Walt is going to stay where he is.

Skylar will moved from the northeast corner of the dome to the southeast corner of the dome once the northeast section is done.

Between those cranes and the smaller more mobile ones, they should have coverage of the whole perimeter.

 

[SUbear]

Building a complicated, unstable crown truss over an existing extremely fragile roof in the middle of a Syracuse winter is a lot to take on. The people on this crew have my respect for even trying to pull this off.

I doubt if most people get just how unstable these pieces are until everything is tied together. To put a bit of context to it, remember that in high wind conditions the cranes are placed in their lowered "safe" positions, but those pieces are still up and not yet fully tied together.

 

[orangecuse]

I doubt if most people get just how unstable these pieces are until everything is tied together. To put a bit of context to it, remember that in high wind conditions the cranes are placed in their lowered "safe" positions, but those pieces are still up and not yet fully tied together.

So, you're implying that these pieces are 'highly unstable' because "everything" isn't tied together, yet? I don't know if that's the case here, especially with all the pertinent state regulations, OSHA requirements, etc. Look, I'm not saying there's not any risk in their current state, but those pieces are secured at the base ring and they are tied off as well by the rigged temporary steel bolted into the concrete...I think? The crane(s) are lowered because it's not only viable, but prudent, and, with their significantly greater independent height and weight, it would be considerably more risky and imprudent to leave up in high winds.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[Moontan]

You asked for it, I found it!! (Thanks to the latest post by CuseLegacy above)

Here is the live camera shot from Link Hall of the North East corner of the Dome. Enjoy!
As of today, you can see the 4th rollercoaster support up in that corner as well.

 

[sutomcat]

You asked for it, I found it!! (Thanks to the latest post by CuseLegacy above)

Here is the live camera shot from Link Hall of the North East corner of the Dome. Enjoy!
As of today, you can see the 4th rollercoaster support up in that corner as well.

That will be the best view when they add a big piece of the top rail to the northeast corner tomorrow to join the arrowhead to the lone support post added today.

 

[CuseLegacy]

You asked for it, I found it!! (Thanks to the latest post by CuseLegacy above)

Here is the live camera shot from Link Hall of the North East corner of the Dome. Enjoy!
As of today, you can see the 4th rollercoaster support up in that corner as well.

Of course I had trouble getting the link to work. But I went to this link and clicked on live stream. Syracuse University

 

[rocklloyd]

Awesome, now I have to have two cam feeds open on my computer at work. The winter is now all about women’s basketball and finding live cams to watch dome progress. Yippeee

 

[CuseLegacy]

Awesome, now I have to have two cam feeds open on my computer at work. The winter is now all about women’s basketball and finding live cams to watch dome progress. Yippeee

The flashing lights on the cranes, in the dark, are mesmerizing.

 

[dooey139]

You asked for it, I found it!! (Thanks to the latest post by CuseLegacy above)

Here is the live camera shot from Link Hall of the North East corner of the Dome. Enjoy!
As of today, you can see the 4th rollercoaster support up in that corner as well.

Thanks for this! I know its been said a million times, but this perspective really shows how freaking big these things are.