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A "walk of fame" tribute will line the path to the new-look Adelaide Oval.

The display is planned to recognise greats inducted in the national Hall of Fame who identify as South Australian - including cricket champion Sir Donald Bradman and horse trainer Bart Cummings.

Transport and Infrastructure Minister Pat Conlon said the State Government would try to include the 28 inductees of the SA sport's Hall of Fame in the development.

"We have a bridge that will span from the hub of the city's public transport, across what will become the heartbeat of Adelaide with the revitalisation of the Riverbank Precinct, through to the home of sporting greats," Mr Conlon said.

Mr Conlon yesterday signed the construction contract with builder Baulderstone for Adelaide Oval, paving the way for preliminary works to begin.

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Working on water down at the Torrens

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Nicole Shotton

WALK through Adelaide’s city centre and you’ll spot more cranes than churches – but one of them stands out. One that floats on water.

One may ask how a 90-tonne crane is able to work in such a location without tipping or sinking.

McConnell Dowell South Australian Operation Manager Jim Miller explains that the crane, a conventional land crawler, is sitting on a barge, which also serves as a fully-equipped workspace for the crew building the Torrens footbridge.

“You must engage with naval architects to asses the stability of the pontoons with the crane onboard, and that then tells you for your certain size steel pontoons what size crane you can put on there,” Miller said.

“And then off you go: you just put the crane on the barge and you can use the crane on water.”

The barge is made from a set of steel pontoons measuring 24 metres long by 19 metres wide, which holds the $600,000 crane as it sits afloat on the River Torrens.

The barge doesn’t only house the crane but also features an amenities office, ablution block, lifebuoys, piling hammer and tools, control station and a transfer vessel.

“We basically set up as such so it can be its own workplace,” Miller said. “So it has shedding on there for crew so the blokes don’t have to come off the barge to take their smoko and lunches – it’s set up as like a self-contained work area.”

Assisting in the $40 million dollar construction of the Adelaide Oval Footpath Bridge, this 36-metre high floating crane glides across the river as needed by winches and mooring lines.

The crane is owned by Maritime Construction. General Manger Simon Giessaus explains that while barge cranes are quite common the company only owns three.

“One of them is being used down the Torrens, the other one is located in the port and the other one is located in Western Australia working on the Elizabeth Keys Waterfront Redevelopment” he told Indaily.