Dubai, Erecting the tower crane at K2 at K Station
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A well-run high-rise construction site is an amazing scene, buzzing with a variety of activities, with massive amounts of material arriving constantly and quickly being put in place. McHugh Construction is one of the nation's most experienced contractors and K2, one of its current projects, showcases its capabilities. Everything on the site seems to be moving along effortlessly, although it clearly required extensive planning. In this video we focus on union ironworkers as they add two sections to a tower crane rising toward a 238-foot height and 500-ton weight. The machinery may dominate the broad picture, but machines couldn't build a high-rise without the muscle, skill and precision teamwork of crews like these awesome ironworkers. This is one of a series of videos on the construction of K2, a 34-story apartment tower in Chicago's Fulton River District.
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Great
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yeah, cool big crane
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MADE IN CHINA
MADE IN Europe -
to jobs oke
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to jobs oke
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to kbps oke
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500 ton in weight when erected are you sure thats like 2.1 tons per foot
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very impressive...but way too high for myself
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in my opinion ,it is not an easy job for installing tower crane.
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good
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Iron balls!
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painful to watch ... so low-tech
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I wan't to see a video of a SELF erecting crane. Not the one assisted by another crane!.
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good
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serem banget kerjaannya... pasti gede gajinya
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Uhhh the greatest job ever ! <3
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I often had to climb to the top but I did not like it although it had to be done.
The control tower room had multiple three phase connectors any one of which could stop all the crane movement. Then I had to get it moving again. Most of my cranes were for lifting containers and putting them on the the goods train underneath. -
The concrete slab has to be at least 7 times heavier than the tower crane it self. And regarding the safety, nobody is allowed at the working area (underneath the tower crane) while erection is taking place due to falling objects hazard. The Job is though but is fun. Specially when walking on the 200 feet of boom at least 100 feet high in the air
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the U-Tube vid, " Tower assembly with climber demo" was the most explaining one I saw. Check it out.
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You use a crane to erect the tower so far, then you assemble the counterjib/jib/apex and all, then raise the crane with a climber.
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