This is the fifth in a series of Blog posts related to the design and construction of the Banner University Medical Center new hospital in Tucson, Arizona.
What requires 18 large flatbed trucks to be delivered…
…three days to assemble…
…requires other smaller versions of itself to get assembled…
…weighs 700,000 pounds when fully assembled...
...will be taller than any building in Tucson, and is decorated with Christmas lights…
…and had 50 members of the BIG ROOM celebrate the final assemble?
A BIG CRANE!
Manufactured in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, our BIG CRANE is a Manitowoc 2250 Series 3. These types of cranes are called “Lattice Boom Crawler” cranes meaning that they are not fixed “tower” cranes but can move around the site at 1 mph. Due to the excessive weight of the crane, it needs to be disassembled when moving across existing onsite utility tunnels and then reassembled to complete the steel erection of the new building. The crane has a 200-foot main boom and a 160-foot jib – which is 60 feet longer than a football field. At its full height, the crane is 400 feet tall. Christmas lights are installed on the boom of the crane with flashing strobe lights and an orange checkered flag at the highest point to alert helicopter pilots flying to our helipad around the crane. The crane is scheduled to place 80 pieces of steel each day and will be working on site with a second (even larger) crane for five months on the project site.
Manufactured in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, our BIG CRANE is a Manitowoc 2250 Series 3. These types of cranes are called “Lattice Boom Crawler” cranes meaning that they are not fixed “tower” cranes but can move around the site at 1 mph. Due to the excessive weight of the crane, it needs to be disassembled when moving across existing onsite utility tunnels and then reassembled to complete the steel erection of the new building. The crane has a 200-foot main boom and a 160-foot jib – which is 60 feet longer than a football field. At its full height, the crane is 400 feet tall. Christmas lights are installed on the boom of the crane with flashing strobe lights and an orange checkered flag at the highest point to alert helicopter pilots flying to our helipad around the crane. The crane is scheduled to place 80 pieces of steel each day and will be working on site with a second (even larger) crane for five months on the project site.
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