I hadn't thought about that being a tower crane before, but I'm pretty sure your right. It will be sorta nice to have a tower crane on the skyline again, even it's only building a parking ramp.
I'm still not sure, though, because it'd seem like overkill to be building a tower crane for something as short as a parking garage. I don't think I've ever seen a tower crane used to build a parking garage, even the much taller Townsend Street Garage (Boji ramp), but I can't think of what else it could be. I don't know much about construction, though, so maybe tower cranes aren't used just for tall structures but for the type of construction being done.
I think the tower crane may be necessary because of the size of the floor plates and the lack of room for a regular crane to get around the site. If you look at the kind of space is left on the site, it makes sense that it would be more efficient to use a tower crane.
Yeah, the more I look at it in person the more I realize how incredibly expansive these floorplates are going to be. This is going to be one big-assed garage. It'll be really cool to see an actual tower crane being constructed and in use, if even only for an ugly, monster-garage. lol
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