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Macy's Herald Square. Five nights, done.

The facade of the world's largest store, inspected in 5 nights by two inspectors. With conventional lifts it would have taken nearly a month.

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10 PMto 6 AM, five nights

Above Herald Square

The world's largest department store, inspected overnight while the street is quiet.

Up the facade

The boom reaches up and over the storefronts to the upper floors, without moving the truck.

Flaggers all night

The street permit reserves the lane. Three flaggers keep cars and people clear of the work zone.

Two inspectors aboard

Two inspectors work from the 12 ft basket, clipped in, under the basket's own lights.

Up close to the facade

A close-up inspection of the block's entire street frontage in five nights.

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The job

A global architecture and engineering firm had to inspect Macy's Herald Square: a full NYC block, about 1,900 ft of frontage and a facade full of cornices, setbacks and ornaments.

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The problem

Street permits here allow night work only. Bollards block the front entrance, so most trailers and lifts can't get in. The basket had to reach up and over cornices as high as 300 ft.

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What we sent

Our A-300 with a full-time IPAF-certified operator: 300 ft of height, 106 ft of side reach and a 31.5 ft jib. We pulled the permits and put three flaggers on the busy sides overnight.

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How it went

The basket moved along the facade while the truck stayed put. Where extreme reach wasn't needed, we sent the smaller A-230 to keep costs down. Two inspectors finished in 5 nights.

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The lift on this job.

Alpha A-300 truck-mounted boom liftA-300Drag to turn. 3D model: A-165, shown for illustration.
300ftWorking heightSee the A-300 page.
137 ftSide reach
12 ftExtra-large basket
1,322 lbCrew, tools, materials
54'9"Upper boom extension
15'6"Minimum outrigger spread
220° each wayBasket rotation
Up and overUnder, up, over and back
Spec sheet (PDF)Every figure for the A-300 on one page.
Inspectors in the Alpha basket at the upper facade of Macy'sGet the full case study. Open the PDF.Two pages: the challenge, the solution and the outcome, with photos. Open PDF

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