State probes stadium roof demolition as video shows crane’s violent reaction.
The state took a crane out of commission Wednesday after a video of the Husky Stadium roof demolition (featured on DemolitionNews earlier this week) showed it shaking violently back and forth.
No one was hurt in the dramatic incident, when the southeast roof section of the stadium buckled Tuesday during demolition and crashed down on the bleachers. The stadium is undergoing a $250 million renovation.
In the video, the roof can be seen collapsing in a cloud of dust while the crane swings and bounces, cables flying.
The crane should not have shaken back and forth, said Hector Castro, a spokesman for the state Department of Labor and Industries. Cranes are supposed to remain stable so they can move heavy objects up and down. Swaying can cause objects to fall or even the crane to topple and hurt someone, he said.
“It didn’t go according to plan,” Castro said.
View the video below (the crane swaying occurs at the 0.45 mark):
