The new studios are now located in two porta-cabins (VERY generously donated!!!)
in the car park of the Royal Victoria Hospital.
To get the porta-cabins in place required a VERY big green crane (it had to
be green for safety reasons).
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The crane was too big for the slope so the cabins had
to be loaded from the car-park.
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The first cabin is about to be unloaded.
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The cabins had to be delivered on big lorries. Here is
one coming the wrong way around the road system.
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The crane gets into position using all it's steering
wheels.
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The crane driver shows the forman how the crane works.
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The crane driver prepares the crane stabilizers for the
lift.
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Because of the slope of the car-park, the crane had to
use it's maximum extension for the stablizers. The crane driver provides
a good scale of reference.
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Everything is in place here and a fitter checks that
the door works.
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The first cabin gets lifted off the lorry.
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The connecting corridor is lifted off another lorry.
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The lorry pulls away and two men stand under the cabin.
They are not there to catch it!
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A 'camp' forman gives directions as the second cabin
is lowered into position.
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Two men pull the cabin into place. We are not sure why
they are wearing safety hurnesses?
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Two fitters fit the middle connecting section. This is
a tricky task that can only be tackled by someone smoking a cigarette.
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The second cabin goes into place. This is tricky because
the crane driver can see a thing from his position.
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The second lorry moves into position, just missing the
person taking the pictures.
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Two men prepare the second cabin before it is lowered
into position. A very nice use of day-glow vests.
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Crane and cabins.
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The second cabin is lifted off the lorry. We do not know
where the third, smaller one went but we don't have it.
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The site before and studio was delivered. Note the safety
cones preventing any access to the area.
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Here you see the site before any cabins were positioned.
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The crane driver shows off by doing hand-brake turns
in the car-park.
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Because the lorries were so big they had to go the wrong
way around the access roads. The man looking in his car was in for a surprise.
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