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  • mauvehaus 35 minutes ago
    I love that seemingly random trades that we largely take for granted have these case studies that result in awards for things us muggles never think about.

    A garage I went to subscribed to a trade magazine for towing and recovery companies and left the issues in the waiting room. Sure enough, they had a recovery of the year type of award.

    • UltraSane 3 minutes ago
      I worked at a a company that got a magazine dedicated to managed printing services.
  • Uncle_Brumpus 31 minutes ago
    I guess it makes sense that there's an elevator of the year award, though it's never something I'd have thought of.

    The photo of one of the brake assembly components mounted to a welded tubular skid, bolted to a large structure of I-beams, bolted to another I-beam skid which is bolted to the floor, is tickling me as slightly humorous.

    • mysterydip 8 minutes ago
      “this is just temporary,” said the construction worker in 1907
  • mysterydip 34 minutes ago
    My first thought was “there’s an elevator of the year award?” but reading it was fascinating. A lot of planning and work went into executing that modernization project from what was originally a fairly unique system. And 45-50% energy savings per year is a great ROI.
  • Simulacra 1 hour ago
    Related, one of the most fascinating articles I've ever read:

    Up and Then Down (2014) By Nick Paumgarten https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/up-and-then-do...