Belfast Crane Count
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Generally that style of crane is used for narrow constricted sites or where there are other cranes around. I can't think of any other tall buildings in Ireland that would have been built on that kind of site originally so I suspect you are right, at least not as the main crane on a tall building. I certainly don't ever remember seeing one in Belfast.
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Total crane count is currently 24
Interactive map available here - https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Belfast_Crane_Count/Lmgu_NaQzG
I currently count 26 as there are 2 at the Royal Victoria Hospital, not sure what they're building there though.
The crane in that map counted for Concentrix is I think AllStateNI's second crane. I'll need to double check though
Interactive map available here - https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Belfast_Crane_Count/Lmgu_NaQzG
I currently count 26 as there are 2 at the Royal Victoria Hospital, not sure what they're building there though.
The crane in that map counted for Concentrix is I think AllStateNI's second crane. I'll need to double check though
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They've finished erecting the crane for the 28 – 30 Great Patrick Street student accom site.
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That's cool! Any Dublin version?
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Not as far as I'm aware. The Belfast map was created by Gary Potter how owns and manages the FutureBelfast website that catalogues the various developments and proposals across Belfast
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Crane is up on the Swanston site on Queen Street. Brings the current total to 28
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I think the reason it is being changed is that some wee scumbeg' set the cab of the crane on fire a few weeks ago.
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Wow... taking the scumbaggery to new levels (literally). Da'spides must have got bored with trashing municipal bikes and water hydrants.
Just think about the thought process that goes through some pr*ck's pea brain that results in setting a cab of a crane on fire.... That really is something.
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Crane up for the redevelopment of Artolla House. Total now up to 30 based on my count
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It wasn't long ago I considered 10 cranes to be impressive!
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Some American comparison on crane counts:
Caveats around i dunno how people here or there measure cranes, as in what is included or excluded.
But with big cities like New York at 18 cranes, or Chicago and LA around the mid 30's puts some perspective on our mini construction boom.
http://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ry-for-2nd-year-in-a-row-and-lead-is-growing/
Caveats around i dunno how people here or there measure cranes, as in what is included or excluded.
But with big cities like New York at 18 cranes, or Chicago and LA around the mid 30's puts some perspective on our mini construction boom.
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The value and scale of those NY developments are absolutely immense though. Take Hudson Yards for example...
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Absolutely, not really a true comparison in scale, and New York is, or at least was having a property slump, but the headline number surprised me.
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Surely a project as epic as Hudson Yards would account for almost all of the 18 cranes mentioned for NYC?!
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Portland is a comparable city to Belfast (weather, tech industry, city centre size, surface-level car parks), they have the same number of cranes too.
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