What an amazing day. The first 16 wall panels (of a total of 36) were raised in about 5 hours this afternoon. The crane is HUGE and is over 200 tons (415,000 pounds) and has got to be almost 120 feet in the air… you can actually see it from our current offices.

After the 4 hours needed to assemble and rig the crane, crews got started about 1:15 and by 5:30 we had what you see at the bottom of this post… amazing.

The second corner in the post-production wing gets installed.

Moving a panel into position.

Look at the size of that thing. Each track is 21 tons!

Slowly the panel is lowered into position.

A wide angle view of the progess on both wings.

Popping a panel off the slab. Safety can is on the job!


Bolting down the support braces.

Sonny Carter directs the crane operator to lower the panel into position on the footer.

Crews remove the lifting hooks after the panel is securely in position.

Sonny, project superintendant, and John, the crane operator, discuss logistics.

The is the back of the post-production wing. These two windows bring light into the two new audio suites.

The day’s progress on the post-production wing.