The Spike
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I get depressed when I see ads in the IT asking “Has your house been burglarized?” (presumably by burglarizers). I get even more depressed when I see those privileged to have received a good education and a love of language using it for obscure and empty rhetoric like this, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
. . . appropriately reaching completion in a week in which Ireland’s hospital service suffered unprecedented crisis
/in which a celebrity chef gave a new meaning to “Hot Buns”/in which the Celtic Tiger’s motorway infrastructure was used to illustrate that E-Ireland is still an agricultural society/in which the lessons of Saipan drove the mandarins of the FAI to levels of secrecy that would leave Stalin open to allegations of Glasnost/in which . . .
Choose from any of the above.
This is not “appropriate”. This is fill-in-the-blanks journalism. Cynicism is cheap.
Good view (from the bridge) at
Hope it goes up today… no sign of movement from the big crane yet. If I see any I’ll let you know (got a good view of it from Ballsbridge).
James
crane is not up yet anyway, good view on camvista.com (just wait for the camera to pan around) … the city councils cams are not working (again!)
Here we go again… Considering the EIS was signed by Ministerial order in December 2000, i.e all planning delays exhausted, what fool decided to put it up in December/January?
and what happened between December 2000 and December 2002?
Anway, another instalement in the longest running construction soap-opera……
From Ireland.com
High winds delay erection of Spire again
By Kilian Doyle Last updated: 20-01-03, 12:45Engineers mustered on O’Connell Street this morning for what could be the final chapter of the long-running saga of the Dublin Spire.
However, plans to erect the fourth section of the monument have been put on hold as strong winds whipped up around the capital this morning. It is thought there will be a delay of at least several hours.
Earlier, a Dublin City Council spokeswoman said it was “all systems go” if the weather held, allowing the final three sections of the monument to be lifted into place by tonight.
She said engineers were hoping to slot the next section in place at around noon, with the next two pieces being erected at 6.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m.
The spokeswoman said it was still hoped the final touches on the controversial structure would be made early tomorrow morning.
The first section was lowered into place by Europe’s biggest crane on December 18th. However, the break for Christmas holidays and intermittent high winds have slowed further progress.
The lowest section of the stainless steel monolith is swathed in a plastic covering. The Spire stands at 53 metres. When finished, it will be 120 metres high, seven times the height of the surrounding buildings on O’Connell Street and twice as high as the capital’s tallest building, Liberty Hall.
I swear its like we’re all waiting outside the delivery room in a maternity hospital. When they do finally finish it, we should buy a bottle of decent whiskey, meet at it and have a wee shot each 😉 or a cigar…
We could have had another world record…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/1676761.stmsome pics of that flagpole can be seen here – http://www.usflag.com/poles/monsterInstall_400.html
Nearly exactly the same assembly process!
I was on the Street this morning, and the first time I have seen it in dazzling sunshine, it looks spectacular!!! It stands out like a beacon between buildings & streets, over the highest terraces and pierces into the smallest of gaps, vistas and vantage points. It’s blinding to look at, esp coming up Nth Earl Street, and just gets bigger and bigger as you approach (obviously!).
I’m pleased to see that those smudges and streaks mentioned many times before, appear, in the bright sunshine, simply to be markings caused by the wrapping, and will be polished off, although the factory joins are still evident; I’ll let them away on that, only barely though!
In Washington, no building is allowed to be over 14/15 storeys so as not to be taller than the dome of the Capitol Building, will similar priviliges be granted to the Spire? (discounting the Poolbeg Chimneys of course)
Its 14.28, looking out my window, no movement on crane yet.
That is the Spike isnt it!?
Do you think it will fall victim to a Sinn Fein inspired plan to fly a wee tricolor from the top with some tasteful Bobby Sands posters adorning the base…. Tiocaidh ar la?
Purely for speculation, anyone know why the settled on it’s current height. Is it a function of the width of the base due to having to fit on the median between the roadway?
Originally posted by DavidF
some pics of that flagpole can be seen here – http://www.usflag.com/poles/monsterInstall_400.htmlwow … they make it look so simple 😉
lostcarpark
I’m confused now as the Irish Independent report that they won’t start until this evening, see text below:
Completion of Spire delayed again
15:33 Monday January 20th 2003
The next phase in the completion of the Millennium Spire in Dublin’s O’Connell Street has been delayed until this evening. The first of the remaining three sections was due to be put in place this afternoon but it has been postponed until later this evening due to strong winds. Engineers from Dublin City Council are using one of the largest cranes in Europe to finish the Spire which, when completed, will stand 120 metres tall.
So what’s happening there?
from Ireland.com
High winds delay erection of Spire again
By Kilian Doyle Last updated: 20-01-03, 15:37Engineers are readying themselves to install the fourth section of the Spire on Dublin’s O’Connell Street.
Plans to lift the length of stainless steel into place this morning were abandoned as strong winds whipped up around the capital.
However, a Dublin City Council spokesman told ireland.com that it was hoped the work could be carried out “within the next couple of hours”.
If conditions remained favourable this evening, engineers will continue working for as long as is practical, he said. However, “health and safety is paramount at all times.”
He said the plan was to have the final pieces in place in order to be able to make the final touches on the structure early tomorrow morning.
The first section was lowered into place by Europe’s biggest crane on December 18th. However, the break for Christmas holidays and intermittent high winds have slowed further progress.
The lowest section of the stainless steel monolith is swathed in a plastic covering, which will be removed at the official unveiling, either at the end of this month or early next month.
The three-section long Spire currently stands at 53 metres. When finished, it will be 120 metres high, seven times the height of the surrounding buildings on O’Connell Street and twice as high as the capital’s tallest building, Liberty Hall.
According to Newstalk
“crane is supposed to be fully up… two hour wind test and 7pm start”
Just going out for a visual check on crane erectness
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