Construction reached another major milestone last week, when the first actual window was installed. This is the start of a 5-week process. These are massive, ultra high performance windows, and are very heavy. I had the pleasure of watching a very professional crew work through installing the very first one.
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- Windows go up in three panels… here’s the first of the first
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- Returning to retrieve the second panel
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- Second panel on truck, waiting to be loaded onto crane
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- Massive suction cups used to lift the heavy panels
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- It takes three men to lift a panel
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- Getting the panel into position to load onto crane
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- Now lifting the window onto crane bucket
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- The crane starts up!
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- Lifting the window slowly and carefully
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- Lifting the window to the 4th floor; nearly as high as a typical 7 story building
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- Looking down at the bucket from the 4th floor window
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- Carefully jockeying the crane to get the window into position
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- Attaching brackets to the top of the window
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- Using a wrench to screw in the brackets
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- Brackets all screwed on, moving into position
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- Carefully controlling the bucket, inches from the wall
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- Carefully moving as close as possible
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- Drilling holes to attach the windows to the building
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- Jockeying the second panel into position
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- The first window, all in!
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- The fully installed window from the inside
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- You can open the windows for natural ventilation
