hindesky Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Chiller replacement. There were 3 cranes in downtown blocking streets on Saturday, this one, at the Preston and one at the Texas tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jermh Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I noticed this too. Here's some action shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 19 hours ago, hindesky said: Chiller replacement. There were 3 cranes in downtown blocking streets on Saturday, this one, at the Preston and one at the Texas tower. It is amazing what they can do with cranes these days. Back in the day(say 40 years ago), they would have used a gin pole or similar, and taken the unit up piece by piece, and then assembled it. The economics are interesting as well. I am guessing it costs $10k-$20k to use cranes to put something like that on top of a building, but it's done quickly and safely. Do you know what the height limit is for using a crane in that situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/12/2020 at 9:33 AM, Ross said: It is amazing what they can do with cranes these days. Back in the day(say 40 years ago), they would have used a gin pole or similar, and taken the unit up piece by piece, and then assembled it. The economics are interesting as well. I am guessing it costs $10k-$20k to use cranes to put something like that on top of a building, but it's done quickly and safely. Do you know what the height limit is for using a crane in that situation? I saw one lifting a chiller at the Lyric building and he had about 450' of height on the setup they used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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