Sometime after I started working at Diamond Light Source we got an old shipping container to use for storage while the place was being built. The container was inside and after the place was finished the container was moved outside. 14 years on in it was showing its age and leaking so a new one was purchased. The photos show the amount of effort that went in to moving it
Above the old container waiting to be moved
The building is round and the only way to move it is through the door you see on the right using forklifts
The container is the lifted by crane
Over the storage ring
then down the other side
and moved out side
Where it was left to get picked up.
The lorry came in and unloaded the new one and picked up the old one
The riggers were very quick so I missed the container being moved and caught up with it when it had landed on the lift zone
Cop the size of the lifting straps
The new container now in place and being wired up with lights
