Yellow and orange cranes tower above Seattle's landscape like an army of dinosaurs. There so many that Ben Lang expressed his curiosity: "I hear that the only place that has more building cranes is Dubai," Lang, who resides in the University District, stated. "Is that true? How does the number of building and construction cranes up in Seattle today compare with other cities worldwide?"
Well, Ben, Dubai resembles Las Vegas and Disneyland, which are all always under construction at the same time. We're talking about the highest structures in the world. Fantastical tasks. Numerous cranes. Several drake low loaders. More than 900. How can anybody compete with that? Seattle has 60 cranes. Our city does not even have the most cranes in The United States and Canada. That title goes to Toronto, which has 80 cranes. Toronto is a little like Seattle. It has million dollar homes and individuals who cannot afford them, which is why designers are constructing apartments, condos and condominiums.
But Ben should be more than happy to hear that Seattle has more cranes than San Francisco and Los Angeles. And we're somewhat ahead of Chicago, which has about 50. And we're not even counting the cranes or frannas in the suburban areas. Christopher Reid of Renton talks about the building under construction near his place. "I can see three huge cranes from my home today," he stated. " It actually looks quite nice. The cranes are all yellow and they illuminate red, green and blue during the night."
Garner Construction provides many of the city's cranes. Jackie Garner states that they run 17 of the city's 60 cranes. By spring, they'll be supervising 27 crane tasks. She claims that this seems to be a boom prior to an economic downturn. Garner stated, "I believe that this boom, however, will last longer. I believe that we have 5 or 6 years left of an excellent economy for this." At Garner's business, they do it all. "We lease the crane, we put up the crane we run the crane, we keep the crane and we take the crane down."
And how DO you take a crane down? "They're removed in pieces then they're taken to the lawn, which remains in Salem, where operators will go through them and make prepare them for the next project." Basically, the cranes reside in Oregon, but they're not getting much time to rest. And it looks like they’ll be reaching even greater heights into the Seattle sky. The city is raising its structure heights, starting in the University District, then downtown and South Lake Union. The council is taking on zoning one area at a time. It’s part of the grand deal with designers and developers - exchanging height for more budget-friendly units.
However, in Seattle, you'll never ever hear anybody state they're developing the world's highest high-rise building, undersea hotel, or turning condominium structure that is its own wind power station. That's taking place in Dubai.
Well, Ben, Dubai resembles Las Vegas and Disneyland, which are all always under construction at the same time. We're talking about the highest structures in the world. Fantastical tasks. Numerous cranes. Several drake low loaders. More than 900. How can anybody compete with that? Seattle has 60 cranes. Our city does not even have the most cranes in The United States and Canada. That title goes to Toronto, which has 80 cranes. Toronto is a little like Seattle. It has million dollar homes and individuals who cannot afford them, which is why designers are constructing apartments, condos and condominiums.
But Ben should be more than happy to hear that Seattle has more cranes than San Francisco and Los Angeles. And we're somewhat ahead of Chicago, which has about 50. And we're not even counting the cranes or frannas in the suburban areas. Christopher Reid of Renton talks about the building under construction near his place. "I can see three huge cranes from my home today," he stated. " It actually looks quite nice. The cranes are all yellow and they illuminate red, green and blue during the night."
Garner Construction provides many of the city's cranes. Jackie Garner states that they run 17 of the city's 60 cranes. By spring, they'll be supervising 27 crane tasks. She claims that this seems to be a boom prior to an economic downturn. Garner stated, "I believe that this boom, however, will last longer. I believe that we have 5 or 6 years left of an excellent economy for this." At Garner's business, they do it all. "We lease the crane, we put up the crane we run the crane, we keep the crane and we take the crane down."
And how DO you take a crane down? "They're removed in pieces then they're taken to the lawn, which remains in Salem, where operators will go through them and make prepare them for the next project." Basically, the cranes reside in Oregon, but they're not getting much time to rest. And it looks like they’ll be reaching even greater heights into the Seattle sky. The city is raising its structure heights, starting in the University District, then downtown and South Lake Union. The council is taking on zoning one area at a time. It’s part of the grand deal with designers and developers - exchanging height for more budget-friendly units.
However, in Seattle, you'll never ever hear anybody state they're developing the world's highest high-rise building, undersea hotel, or turning condominium structure that is its own wind power station. That's taking place in Dubai.