A shortage of cranes

[Nitro]

Maybe we wont see any cranes for awhile.

http://www.bdcnetwork.com/index.asp?layout...xmlId=336228931

Nitro

[GRDadof3]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

http://vadercoaster.ytmnd.com/

[coyote35]

Maybe we wont see any cranes for awhile.

http://www.bdcnetwork.com/index.asp?layout...xmlId=336228931

Nitro

If you pay, they will come.

[Rizzo]

I bet all the construction won't be hampered by this, I mean, the construction companies had to have made reservations for cranes..?

[GRDadof3]

I think for the Marriott and Pepper Construction, they'll be fine. Wolverine Construction at River House on the other hand... I believe those are the only two sites with tower cranes we're bound to see this year anyway.

[GaryP]

I remember reading a few years ago that 1/4 of the world's construction cranes were in Shanghai

[GRDadof3]

I believe it. I read a year or two ago that Berlin had over 400 tower cranes working in the city at one time

Of course, when we were in Ireland years ago, they were using small tower cranes to build 3 - 4 story buildings.

[JimInGR]

I imagine Dubai has to be up there. The Burj Dubai high-rise is using 9 or 10 alone. In pretty much any picture of buildings under construction there the background is filled with cranes. With 256 buildings under construction and 197 approved it's pretty amazing to think how many cranes they must be using.

[GRDadof3]

I imagine Dubai has to be up there. The Burj Dubai high-rise is using 9 or 10 alone. In pretty much any picture of buildings under construction there the background is filled with cranes. With 256 buildings under construction and 197 approved it's pretty amazing to think how many cranes they must be using.

I found this fascinating site with aerial photos of Dubai. Unbelieveable!

http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/dubaiaerials&page=all

[Rizzo]

^Yah I seen that game, I love SIMCITY 2000!

[superNOVA]

I remember reading a few years ago that 1/4 of the world's construction cranes were in Shanghai

What a waste. Occupancy rates there are terrible. The Chinese government is building for the sake of looking modern. They have few plans for what to use their thousands upon thousands of unoccupied buildings for.

[torgo]

I found this fascinating site with aerial photos of Dubai. Unbelieveable!

http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/dubaiaerials&page=all

holy crap.

[GRDadof3]

^Yah I seen that game, I love SIMCITY 2000!

I don't know if you were joking or not Rizzo, but that's NOT SimCity. Click on the thumbnails

I didn't realize the Palm Jumeirah was so far along. They've got Villas up all over those branches.

[GRCentro]

What a strange, strange city.

[Rizzo]

I was joking. But really, I swear it looks exactly like my SimCity 2000...

[torgo]

[Sundodger]

Original source of article:

Seattle Times (12/12/05) - Too few cranes for Seattle boom

[Rizzo]

You know GR could look like the first picture if we all try hard enough. ;-)

[GRDadof3]

You know GR could look like the first picture if we all try hard enough. ;-)

Are you kidding, Dubai and Shanghai are speculative building on Meth I don't think there are enough wealthy people on the PLANET to fill all that space.

[Rizzo]

Well, I guess we wouldn't be trying our best then, now would we? You could go hitup Meijers to get the supplies. Get: duct tape, drinking strays, and cool looking LEDs and there we go, kablam! the framework for our skyscrapers!!! POW!

Well if that is all speculative, then isn't that just a terible waste of skyscraper for GR?! If they waste all our stuff then we'd really be making our skyscrapers out of the supplies I just mentioned!

[GRDadof3]

Happy Friday Rizzo!

[Rizzo]

Happy belated Friday!