Microsoft halts construction
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Two tower cranes on the Microsoft campus were shut down Wednesday after a crane operator found a weld on one that didn't appear to be fused properly, a company spokesman confirmed.
The cranes were working on buildings in the first phase of a $1 billion expansion on the company's Redmond campus. One crane was working on Building 99, on the northeast corner of 148th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 36th Street.
"At no time did they feel there was a safety issue," spokesman Lou Gellos said.
Both cranes are new, he said. GLY Construction Inc., the general contractor on the site, will oversee an inspection of both cranes today.