{"id":10386,"date":"2017-03-20T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T02:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/?p=10386"},"modified":"2018-12-17T16:48:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T06:48:58","slug":"want-to-see-a-tower-crane-erection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/want-to-see-a-tower-crane-erection\/","title":{"rendered":"Want To See A Tower Crane Erection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Tower cranes are the biggest builders in the construction industry. But they are massive structures themselves, standing taller than the buildings they&#8217;re building.<\/p>\n<p>Building the structures that build our structures is a lengthy process that requires the use of smaller, vehicle-mounted cranes. So we&#8217;ve got people building cranes to build cranes to build buildings to house people. It&#8217;s like the circle of life, except there probably won&#8217;t be a Disney movie or Elton John song about it.<\/p>\n<p>What we do have though, is this fascinating time-lapse footage of a variety of tower crane builds.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"TOWER CRANE ERECTION\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OvNgXCr1Yo4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re keen on getting up in one of these massive erections, <a href=\"\/mag\/inside-australias-biggest-machines-tower-cranes\/\">we spoke to a tower crane operator to find out what life is like working in the sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tower cranes are the biggest builders in the construction industry. But they are massive structures themselves, standing taller than the buildings they&#8217;re building. 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