Tag: Marie Spear
![The tower crane at Eight O Five is poised to jump The tower crane at Eight O Five is poised to jump](https://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/450/295450.jpg?preset=yosize)
The tower crane at Eight O Five is poised to jump
Eight O Five, the new apartment tower under construction at 805 N LaSalle, had climbed to the 20th floor yesterday, on its way to topping out at 3 [...]
![The tower crane at K2 jumps 100 feet The tower crane at K2 jumps 100 feet](https://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/653/284653.jpg?preset=yosize)
The tower crane at K2 jumps 100 feet
In a deceptively simple operation a "jacking crane" frames part of a tower crane and lifts the crane's cab and jibs twenty feet, opening a hole fo [...]
![K2 construction, Marie’s view from the tower crane K2 construction, Marie’s view from the tower crane](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oizoSem8CpM/hqdefault.jpg)
K2 construction, Marie’s view from the tower crane
Marie Spear and Greg Hayes, the team operating the tower crane at K2 at K Station, are veteran members of Operating Engineers Local 150. They spen [...]
![Marie Spear’s view from the tower crane at K2 Marie Spear’s view from the tower crane at K2](https://img.youtube.com/vi/51FXXuF2Dgw/hqdefault.jpg)
Marie Spear’s view from the tower crane at K2
Some say that the tower crane operator has the most critical job in the construction of a high-rise building.
At K2 at K Station, a 34-story ap [...]
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