{"id":1469,"date":"2016-04-25T20:58:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T20:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2016-04-25T20:58:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T20:58:51","slug":"all-canada-crane-rental-corp-assists-in-taking-down-tower-crane-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/all-canada-crane-rental-corp-assists-in-taking-down-tower-crane-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"All Canada Crane Rental Corp assists in taking down tower crane in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work started in 2012 with the demolition of the former York Theatre and a pair of adjacent low-rise commercial buildings, and in the years since the 33 and 36-storey,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/profiles\/kirkor-architects-planners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kirkor Architects<\/a>-designed towers have been structurally completed. That structural work culminated with the removal of the east tower&#8217;s crane this past March, and over this past weekend with the removal of the crane atop the taller west tower.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"lightbox-processed\" href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/display-slideshow\/images\/articles\/2016\/04\/20759\/20759-71131.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[group1][View of the mobile crane used to remove the tower crane, image by Forum contributor Fidlefadle ]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"View of the mobile crane used to remove the tower crane, image by Forum contributor Fidlefadle\" src=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/display-default\/images\/articles\/2016\/04\/20759\/20759-71131.jpg\" alt=\"The Madison, Kirkor Architects, Madison Homes, Toronto\" width=\"640\" height=\"1137\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the mobile crane used to remove the tower crane, image by Forum contributor Fidlefadle<\/p><\/div>The operation was carried out using a massive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allcrane.com\/BranchDetails?alpID=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All Canada Crane Rental Corp<\/a>\u00a0mobile crane, which required the temporary closure of Eglinton between Yonge and Redpath, resulting in the detouring of both eastbound and westbound traffic for the duration of the crane removal.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"lightbox-processed\" href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/display-slideshow\/images\/articles\/2016\/04\/20759\/20759-71130.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[group1][Crane being removed from The Madison's west tower, image by Forum contributor Freegoing ]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crane being removed from The Madison's west tower, image by Forum contributor Freegoing\" src=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/display-default\/images\/articles\/2016\/04\/20759\/20759-71130.jpg\" alt=\"The Madison, Kirkor Architects, Madison Homes, Toronto\" width=\"640\" height=\"954\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crane being removed from The Madison&#8217;s west tower, image by Forum contributor Freegoing<\/p><\/div>A hydraulic telescoping arm allows the mobile crane to stretch above the condominium tower&#8217;s roofline, where individual segments of the tower crane are fixed to the temporary rig. The segments are then disconnected from the tower crane, and carefully lowered down to street level to be loaded onto a waiting flatbed truck.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"lightbox-processed\" href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/display-slideshow\/images\/articles\/2016\/04\/20759\/20759-71136.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[group1][View of the mobile crane used to remove the tower crane, image by Forum contributor Fidlefadle ]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"View of the mobile crane used to remove the tower crane, image by Forum contributor Fidlefadle\" src=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/display-default\/images\/articles\/2016\/04\/20759\/20759-71136.jpg\" alt=\"The Madison, Kirkor Architects, Madison Homes, Toronto\" width=\"640\" height=\"925\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the mobile crane used to remove the tower crane, image by Forum contributor Fidlefadle<\/p><\/div>While the process may seem relatively straightforward on paper, plenty of precise calculations and complex engineering is required to keep the mobile rig stable while lowering such massive crane components. This is evidenced by the stack of counterweights at the base of the rig, shown in the image below with red triangular markings.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"lightbox-processed\" href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/display-slideshow\/images\/articles\/2016\/04\/20759\/20759-71137.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[group1][View of the mobile crane used to remove the tower crane, image by Forum contributor Fidlefadle ]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"View of the mobile crane used to remove the tower crane, image by Forum contributor Fidlefadle\" src=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/display-default\/images\/articles\/2016\/04\/20759\/20759-71137.jpg\" alt=\"The Madison, Kirkor Architects, Madison Homes, Toronto\" width=\"640\" height=\"1137\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the mobile crane used to remove the tower crane, image by Forum contributor Fidlefadle<\/p><\/div>The crane removal process wrapped up on Sunday morning, when the temporary rig was loaded onto a flatbed truck and transported off to its next job site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2016\/04\/giant-mobile-crane-removes-tower-crane-madison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UrbanToronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work started in 2012 with the demolition of the former York Theatre and a pair of adjacent low-rise commercial buildings, and in the years since the 33 and 36-storey,\u00a0Kirkor Architects-designed towers have been structurally completed. 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