Many people jacking up a building - GIF

[Jon]

Many people jacking up a building. This is a great metaphor for China's industrial economic boom over the past decade.



Previously:

Floor-by-floor Japanese building demolition - GIF and video
Jacking up a vessel - GIF
Felling a tree with a jack - GIF

[Frank S]

raising the roof with the floor attached 1 brick layer at a time

[PJs]

Timing is everything...sound was on. I like the supervisor with his hands behind his back...what's he going to do if someone gets out of sync.

[neilbourjaily]

Why am I looking around for Orson Wells when I listen to the time keeper?

[PJs]

Why am I looking around for Orson Wells when I listen to the time keeper?

You are right, where the heck is that 3 lens eyed thing....

[Jon]

Another excellent metaphor for China's industrial boom:

[Toolmaker51]

Many people jacking up a building. This is a great metaphor for China's industrial economic boom over the past decade.

They would've started weeks earlier; but 20 ton jacks weren't on sale yet.

Using so many is a good work-around, sans availability of normal millwrights. If me, I'd also rather pull down on two jack handles than one.
I'm thinking this is some type of community project, maybe couldn't get commercial monetary support.


And next GIF... WTF's about excavator traffic jam? All kinds joke fodder there. "Don't just commute; support the regime and build a road/ strip mine/ freeway interchange on the way to work! or "Christo and Jeanne-Claude's latest kinetic art project"

[Frank S]

50 excavators all looking to get dirt on something. the first thing that comes to mind is a colony of super ants

[neilbourjaily]

Are they manned or autonomous?

[Clockguy]

50 excavators all looking to get dirt on something. the first thing that comes to mind is a colony of super ants

My initial impression was a Chinese version of a video of a train wreck in slow motion .... normal time