Tower Crane Driver: Watching the house being built, I can endure no matter how hot it is!

 We are the watchers of the city, watching the high-rise buildings being built, it is worth it no matter how hot it is.

   The height of the building is the skyline of the city. Where is the highest point of the building? It is the tower crane operating room, that is, the height of the boom.

  When everyone shouted "This life is given by the air conditioner", most of the tower crane drivers were suffering in the "tin box". They are at a height of tens of meters or even hundreds of meters above the ground. On the ground, we can rarely see what their operating room is like, and how they reach that height.
Iron on the head under the scorching sun!
  Tower-cranes are the most commonly used lifting equipment on construction sites, also known as tower cranes, which are the main force for vertical transportation on construction sites.
At 5 o'clock the day before yesterday, Zhu Huizhong had already arrived at the construction site. "Now we are working to avoid high temperature, start work early in the morning, and take a long rest at noon, otherwise it will really be too much." The 1.5L capacity cup is filled with water, which should meet his physical needs that morning.
  Around 9:30, the sun was shining directly on the ground, and the asphalt road was glowing with white light. Everyone walking outdoors was in a hurry, but when the reporter came to the site of the Xiucai resettlement housing project in Yuxin Town, Nanhu District, the workers were all in an orderly manner. Busy, towering tower cranes are also turning left and right to transport construction materials. The 3# tower crane driven by Zhu Huizhong needs to take into account the vertical transportation of building materials on the 1# and 6# buildings.
The tower crane stands tall, and the reporter saw the situation in the operation room with the help of the video: open the door of the operation room, there are three sides of glass in front of you, there are small windows that can be opened on the left and right sides, and the glass in the front row extends all the way to the foot of the driver's seat. In order to facilitate the driver to observe the condition of the ground; the seat is in the middle of the entire operation room, and there are operating levers on both sides, which control the steering of the tower crane, the entry and exit of the trolley and the up and down of the hook. The reporter roughly estimated that the internal space of the operating room is about 1.5 × 1.8 meters. Except for the seat and the operating table, there is only space for a person to stand behind the seat. Between this square inch, the tower crane driver is responsible for almost all the vertical transportation tasks in the construction process.
  The higher you go, the closer you feel to the sun, and the more intense the heat. In the front left of the seat, the reporter saw the only cooling device in the operating room - a small electric fan. Even if the electric fan was turned on to the maximum, it was making a whirring sound, but the hot wind was blowing head-on, making Zhu Huizhong sweat profusely. Incredible, the temperature inside must exceed 40 degrees Celsius."
During the video call, the walkie-talkie next to Zhu Huizhong sent lifting requests to him from time to time, some masons wanted to lift concrete, some carpenters wanted to lift wood, and some steel bars had to be transported, very busy, "Now there are only these two. The building is pouring the cannon tower above the elevator shaft, it is not particularly busy, it will be busy when the foundation of the house is just built." Zhu Huizhong said that sometimes he really doesn't even have time to drink water, and he is afraid of neglecting which work class. , but after doing it for a long time, it becomes accustomed to such busyness.
Wearing gloves to climb the tower crane also feels hot!
  Around 10:30, the workers ended their morning's work one after another. Zhu Huizhong also got down from the tower crane and chatted with reporters.
  The foundation of the tower crane is all in the basement of the building, which will be added one by one according to the construction progress. At the same time, a retaining wall is set up on the wall to stabilize the tower crane. The operation room is located at the top of the tower crane, which is generally required to be higher than the building. The construction surface is 10 to 15 meters. The reporter counted the 3# tower crane driven by Zhu Huizhong with a total of 19 sections, more than 53 meters, but the passenger and cargo elevator closest to the operation room is only located on the 7th floor, about 21 meters high, which means that Zhu Huizhong needs to climb about 30 meters by hand to get up and down the tower crane every day. distance in meters. There is no rope, no protection, and I climb at least 4 times a day. "When I first learned, I was actually quite afraid. Now I am used to it after climbing a lot."
  The reporter noticed that Zhu Huizhong carried a small backpack with him. "There are small things such as water cups and gloves in it. Because my hands are used to climb the shelves, I can't hold things." The 1.5L water cup basically bottomed out, and a pair of ordinary white gloves Already blackened. When the reporter asked if the gloves were used when operating tower cranes, Zhu Huizhong said that they were used to prevent slipping when climbing tower cranes. The high temperature is because the iron rod will be hot, even if you wear gloves, you can feel a hot air in the palm of your hand." The reporter touched the iron frame of the tower crane and immediately retracted his hand.
  For tower crane drivers, of course, the most test is the actual operation ability. "If you want to know the level of a tower crane driver, you can see the stability of the hook." The reporter also secretly observed Zhu Huizhong's operation before. Every time they went up and down steadily, and there was almost no shaking. "The things we want to lift are big or small. The carts, steel bars, and formwork are all large, and the small ones may be a bucket of water or an oil bucket. It’s a test of the precision of the operation.” The tower crane is so huge, it is impossible to do it without the experience of thousands or even tens of thousands of operations to accurately place the hook in a certain position to hoist a bucket of water.
Tighten the safety string at all times
  Before learning to drive tower cranes, Zhu Huizhong also dabbled in many industries, "At that time, the position of tower crane driver was quite popular. After getting the qualification certificate for construction special operations, and then learning from the master for a period of time, you can get five per month. Six thousand yuan salary."
Zhu Huizhong, 44 years old this year, has been learning to drive a tower crane since 2001. In the past 17 years, he has not remembered how many times he has gone up and down the tower crane. "The fear of heights is less, but the most afraid of being paralyzed and relaxed. Be vigilant, this is the easiest way to get into trouble." There was always a safety string taut in his mind, "We should not only pay attention to our own safety, but also the safety of so many workers below. The consequences for human beings are unimaginable.”
Zhu Huizhong's master is Shen Qiuhong. She is one of the few female Jiaxing tower crane drivers at this level in Jiaxing City. "I started driving tower cranes in 1986. It was even harder before, but it's better now." Shen Qiuhong, 50 years old, is the leader of the tower crane driver team. In her working experience, she seems to have a microcosm of the development of Jiaxing's construction industry. .
In her impression, the concrete used for pouring in Jiaxing more than ten years ago was mixed on the construction site, rather than prefabricated. For masons, "if the construction deadline is met, it will be very hard to stop working for several days and nights." Later, precast concrete appeared, and then concrete pump trucks appeared, and concrete could be directly transported to the construction surface.
In Shen Qiuhong's working experience, there are many landmark buildings in Jiaxing, such as Dai Mengde Building, Ocean Plaza, Zhongxing Plaza, etc., as well as the Canaan Meidi project with a floor height of 163 meters recently. The tower crane height of this project at that time was nearly 180 meters. Overlooking the whole city from the tower crane, the tower crane driver can see the development of Jiaxing's construction industry and the trajectory of Jiaxing's urban development.
High temperature · Notes
  The weather forecast said that the typhoon was about to affect our city, but in the temperature like the day before yesterday, I was sweating standing in the shadow outside, not to mention in a tin box less than 3 square meters. When Zhu Huizhong got off the tower crane to rest at noon, there was already a thin layer of salt particles on his T-shirt.
The reporter learned from the Urban Construction Management Bureau that as of the first half of this year, the number of employees in the city's construction industry reached 213,000, an increase of 8% year-on-year.
  Behind the numbers are vivid faces and hardworking hands. At the scene, I noticed a female worker who had processed the helmet by herself. The top of the head is a thick helmet, but the brim of the hat was cut from a beach hat, and there are several flowers on the right side. Safflower is safe and beautiful.
  In recent years, the competent departments of the construction industry and enterprises have been focusing on improving the treatment and living conditions of construction workers. Some enterprises have installed air conditioners for the tower crane operation room to solve the actual problem of high temperature operation of tower cranes. With the development of the industry, it is believed that such caring actions will appear more and more.