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Our southern skyline is currently dominated by a very tall crane, its three red warning lights blazing out at night like the stars of Orion's belt. It's very pretty. We think of it as our Christmas crane.
I went by the site the other day to see what they were using it for- and the man In the hard hat who was, I think, delivering supplies, said he thought they were building a care home.
It wll be one of those very expensive care homes. Residents will be silently praying (if still compus mentis) that the funds won't run out before their lifespan does.
Hiring and running a crane like this must cost something like £1,000,000 a day, said Ailz. I've no idea where she got those figures from.
What I want to know is how you erect something this tall without using an even taller crane. There must be a simple trick to it but I can't think what it is.
I went by the site the other day to see what they were using it for- and the man In the hard hat who was, I think, delivering supplies, said he thought they were building a care home.
It wll be one of those very expensive care homes. Residents will be silently praying (if still compus mentis) that the funds won't run out before their lifespan does.
Hiring and running a crane like this must cost something like £1,000,000 a day, said Ailz. I've no idea where she got those figures from.
What I want to know is how you erect something this tall without using an even taller crane. There must be a simple trick to it but I can't think what it is.
