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Hedgehogs find bonfires a perfect habitat
Eleventh night revellers have been urged to search their bonfires for hedgehogs before festivities get under way this weekend. Campaigners said the vulnerable animals were likely to seek out bonfire sites because they were a perfect habitat for taking shelter.
Hundreds of bonfires are set to be lit across Northern Ireland [...]

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The Pallet Truss: A Low Cost Alternative Roof Structure
by Alfred von Bachmayr – Tesuque, New Mexico
In the past several years, I have been working in the border area around El Paso/Juarez and have been amazed at the number of uses people have devised for wooden shipping pallets. I have seen everything from full houses to [...]

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No this is not a comment about architects yet at times you wouldn’t be mistaken to think so with the environment we build and envelope ourselves in…
These are the views of the HTC crane drivers featured in the film city of cranes, which also appeared as a 3MW on Channel four
“The drivers are up there [...]

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Forties Charlie…

HTC crane on Forties Charlie only up for 3 weeks to do Flare stack we did Forties Alpha last year.
Forties Pipeline System (FPS)
FPS is an integrated 36 inch, 169km oil and gas liquid transportation and processing system with a nominal capacity in excess of one million barrels per day serving the central area of the [...]

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life as a crane driver
The above weblink, allows a sneak preview of some of the video by eva about the often forgotten lives of crane drivers around the world, in her example the city of London, the topics discussed range from the presence but hidden and obvious of these tools to that of the affect [...]

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This link has also got the most weird eastern european pop music, it must be a side effect of too much smoke!!!

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HTC Sheffield…

Planned Visit to HTC Sheffield, Friday 25th April…2008

 
This Visit will provide a hands on viewing as to the construction of a tool involved in every aspect of modern construction and the skyline of any modern city, a crane itself is like a parasitic organism that adapts and changes to an evolving structure around, within and [...]

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Dear Ryan,Thank you so much for your e-mail and your interest in our film CITY OF CRANES.A DVD of the film is available through our website, www.cityofcranes.com, which has a link to google checkout in the ‘Contact Us’ or “See The Films’ sections (once you click on Order City of Cranes). There are options for UK, [...]

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deja vu…

Last night I went to see “the orphanage” this was for the second time in a week, the only difference being that this time I went with my housemate and also with the useful knowledge when to anticipate a scare moment!! And believe me if you watch this film without jumping once you are incredibly [...]

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