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[VIDEO] Contractors Hoist 28K Pound Scaffold to Top of Seattle Space Needle Ahead of Renovation

Scaffold being raised to top of Space Needle, via the Space NeedleScaffold being raised to top of Space Needle, via the Space Needle

Scaffold being raised to top of Space Needle, via the Space Needle

The Seattle Space Needle is not a normal building, which makes it a unique project to try to renovate. The iconic building is set to receive a $100 million renovation dubbed the Century Project that promises much better views thanks to new floor to ceiling exterior glazing. To prepare for the project, construction crews recently hoisted a 28.000 pound ring of scaffold to the tower’s Tophouse, around 400 feet in the air. 

 According to Komo News, it took crews around a week to build the massive scaffold and will take another 2 weeks for them to enclose it to protect them against the upcoming weather. A spokesperson with the Space Needle told Komo that raising a scaffold to the top of the needle had never been done before and a great plan by the contractors, led by General Contractor Hoffman Construction Co., allowed them to stay open for business during the scaffold hoisting procedure.

The project is scheduled to be complete by June of 2018.

You can check out a pretty cool timelapse of the scaffold raising and some other awesome footage in the video below:

The Seattle Space Needle is not a normal building, which makes it a unique project to try to renovate. The iconic building is set to receive a $100 million renovation dubbed the Century Project that promises much better views thanks to new floor to ceiling exterior glazing. To prepare for the project, construction crews recently hoisted a 28.000 pound ring of scaffold to the tower’s Tophouse, around 400 feet in the air. 

The Atlanta Falcons will play their home opener against the Green Bay Packers this Sunday, 9/17.  As exciting as that is on a normal year, this year will be that much more special as it will also mark the opening of their brand new $1.4 million stadium, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 

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New demolition videos are always fun to watch.  You know what’s even better, though?  A bunch of demolitions all at once.

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Directional boring, or horizontal directional drilling, is a common method for installing underground pipe and conduits, among others.  Its main benefit is that it minimally disturbs the areas around where your pipe or cable needs to be installed.  Instead of cutting concrete, asphalt, or ripping up landscaping, the boring machine digs a tunnel underground and the installing material slides in after it’s complete. 

That’s what it’s SUPPOSED to do anyway.