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And install building steel, but runwaysteel, although similar-looking, is asignificantly different it is unlikely the contrac-tor would adopt this more stringentstandard temporarily, it is not impos-sible. The silver lining for you, thebuyer, in using the augmented specsas part of the contract is that the cor-rections no longer are your problemor Redefine the scope of build-ing contractor and crane technicallycorrect, practically viable solution isthe least used of the three, simplybecause of lack of knowledge andhigher up-front common scope of the cranebuilder s contract is to supply and in-stall the crane, runway rail, and con-ductor bar. This leaves a critical gapin which the buyer is exposed to thepreviously mentioned problems. Thescope should be changed to moveresponsibility for the runway girdersfrom the building contractor to thecrane are, the crane builderwill insist on very tight tolerancesfrom the steel supplier and will takeprecautions to account for reasonablefloor and column tolerances.
February 2001 • The FABRICATOR www.thefabricator.com By Larry DunvilleY ou have a shiny new building with a shiny new crane and everything looks great.
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