Another in a series of posts on technology to be used in the post-Sandy recovery.
A massive engineering challenge is what to do about the crane boom dangling from the high-rise One57 development in New York which has caused several neighboring blocks to be evacuated and traffic to be diverted - adding to the chaos in the city.
‘Securing the dangling boom will require assembling another crane or derrick that can grab hold of the hanging piece from above, detach it and either lower it to the ground or secure it inside the building, according to Gary Panariello, a managing principal at Thornton Tomasetti Inc., a New York engineering firm that isn’t involved in the project. Assembling a derrick would involve bringing it up the tower in pieces, some of which are not readily available or located in Manhattan, Panariello said.“
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