crane operator
Senior Member
The 3" rain in a hour thursday- got the better of a roof. They built a new building up against the slope of a existing factory, and just installed some drain/gutters. I got the call thursday night and went and looked at it.
Well the big rain shoved a bunch of debris in the drains (plugging them up), and made a pond on the roof. Roofs won't usually hold ponds for long, so down came the roof. There was one guy in the room that collapsed, but he made it out the door before he got smooshed. Workers said the water slid a bridgeport 8' across the floor when the wave hit it. 3' of water in the room below.
Was supposed to go get the hvac unit off the roof friday, but the lawyers and insurance guys got in a tiff about it, and so it got put on hold. More phone calls friday and "safety issue" got things rolling, and we went saturday morning and pulled the unit. 120' away and a 35' sidewall so 90 ton with all the jib on. We had to dodge thunderstorms to get it pulled.
Lawyers and engineers are having a big wheel meeting on tuesday and we'll see what shakes out after that. I think there's going to be a lot of fingerpointing about the design of the new building, attached to the old, and with no where for the water to go if the drains plug. It just makes a lake.
Rained friday, saturday, and sunday in the hole. They've just been pumping the water out.
Well the big rain shoved a bunch of debris in the drains (plugging them up), and made a pond on the roof. Roofs won't usually hold ponds for long, so down came the roof. There was one guy in the room that collapsed, but he made it out the door before he got smooshed. Workers said the water slid a bridgeport 8' across the floor when the wave hit it. 3' of water in the room below.
Was supposed to go get the hvac unit off the roof friday, but the lawyers and insurance guys got in a tiff about it, and so it got put on hold. More phone calls friday and "safety issue" got things rolling, and we went saturday morning and pulled the unit. 120' away and a 35' sidewall so 90 ton with all the jib on. We had to dodge thunderstorms to get it pulled.
Lawyers and engineers are having a big wheel meeting on tuesday and we'll see what shakes out after that. I think there's going to be a lot of fingerpointing about the design of the new building, attached to the old, and with no where for the water to go if the drains plug. It just makes a lake.
Rained friday, saturday, and sunday in the hole. They've just been pumping the water out.