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Some days, life on the job site is more exciting than others. Today we employed the use of a large crane to lift two long steel beams and some roof trusses in place. It seemed the whole neighbourhood stopped to watch the action.<\/p>\n

\"steel<\/a>
32′ long steel beam unloaded from delivery truck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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1200 lbs of steel being carefully lifted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"steel<\/a>
Carefully maneuvering the beam between our new steel post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"propping<\/a>
A perfect fit into our temporary prop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"steel<\/a>
and another perfect fit into our beam pocket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lowering<\/a>
Lowering our new steel garage door header into place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"and<\/a>
and finally our garage roof trusses being hoisted into place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All the action was over in about an hour. Our guys made it look so easy. I know there was a lot of preparation work to get ready for the crane. All the pieces fit perfect!<\/p>\n

-Trent<\/p>\n

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