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I <br /> SHIFF <br /> OCONSTRUCTION•.DEVELOPMENT <br /> a <br /> • All construction equipment mats should be tied together and anchored. ' <br /> • All cranes should be removed from barges. Hurricane Warning Checklist <br /> • Flood cofferdams, if determined to be the best option for damage <br /> reduction. <br /> • Implement building code requirements governing hurricane and high-wind <br /> preparations for cranes and hoisting equipment. Some municipalities <br /> establish fines and penalties for not following hurricane and high-wind- <br /> event precautions for hoisting equipment. <br /> • Contact the crane subcontractor regarding preparing the crane for adverse <br /> weather. <br /> • Ensure hoisting equipment abides by all manufacturers' recommendations, <br /> including the placement and removal of advertisement banners and the use <br /> and/or removal of rigging. <br /> Q11) • Remove portable equipment from the jobsite,or store it in shipping. <br /> containers. For large portable equipment welding machines, compressors, <br /> etc., that cannot be placed in shipping containers or stored inside a <br /> structure,band the equipment together and protect/secure it as well as <br /> possible. <br /> • All crane booms, buckets and blades should be lowered to the ground. <br /> • Hydraulic cranes should have booms retracted and stored. <br /> • Any counterweighted hoist should have the counterweight locked below <br /> the top tie-in. <br /> • Inspect all crane counterweights and crane components to ensure they <br /> have the greatest likelihood to survive the storm. <br /> • Generally, tower cranes should be allowed to weathervane (move with the <br /> wind to minimize the forces acting on the crane). <br /> • Lubricate the tower crane turntable prior to the event. <br /> • All power at the base of the tower should be disconnected. <br /> ,...,5.,D <br /> - -_ ..r-- <br /> 1350 NE 56Trl Street Suite 100 I Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33334 t:(954)5'24'2575 I f:(954)524 2576 <br />