Children's Hospital

Some pictures I took yesterday of construction going on where I work. The structure is going to be a new children's hospital. My fascination though is mostly with the crane, as you can tell.
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Here's a pic of the counterweight used to balance the crane. Believe it or not, the crane is not even bolted to the ground; it's free-standing, relying solely on the forces of weight and counterweight to keep it from toppling to the ground.
The hospital.
In this pic, I caught the operator outside his crane walking on the boom making a cell phone call.