Workers were unable to complete the swap-out of a huge glass panel covering part of the George Street (Sydney) storefront Wednesday night because of equipment problems, a project required by a hole and crack that appeared last month. As reported by the ITnews Web site, the vertical crack appeared in the 42-foot tall panel on the right side of the storefront, and replacing the glass could cost $1 million. A new glass panel and a custom-built suction-operated holding device were recently delivered from Germany. On Wednesday night workers from the glass installation firm Kell & Rigby appeared at 8 p.m. to begin the removal and replacement process. The company handled the original installation of the store’s glass in early 2008. However, ITnews reports that the suction device apparently could not hold the glass panel, and after three attempts, the work was abandoned around 2 a.m.
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The glass panel was replaced successfully on the 2nd attempt. The scaffolding to support the work has not yet been removed.
Someone please get us a picture of this.
fyi
kell and rigby are builders. not glass installers.