Construction Photos
Location Description
53 photos
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Top of girders; note mangling of top flanges.
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Girders on trucks.
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Girders on trucks.
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Back of girders on trucks.
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Prior to casting the south base. Left to right: Tim,...
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Starting to fill the base.
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Continuing to fill.
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Ack! The forms split in the middle; the forklift is...
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And the yellow forklift is holding this end together. ...
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I'm "holding the forms together." Ha, yeah right. ...
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Base of north pier just before casting. Pretty pretty rebar.
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Closer view of rebar. Tied that all myself!
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Far away shot of base. Lab is in background on right;...
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South side top half, almost ready for casting. The side...
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See, look. The end is open. The day before, I was...
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Southside wall, almost ready to go. A Catherine on the...
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During the pour of the north base. Up top is Lewis. ...
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During the pour of the north base. Left to right:...
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During the pour of the north base. More vibrating. ...
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View of the south wall from the north base.
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North base almost done!
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Finishing spots of concrete...
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South wall again. I have no idea why the photographer...
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Two and a half foot wide wall right there.
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... from a little further away.
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The pour in progress, from afar. I'm behind the right...
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Water seeps to the top of concrete while it dries.
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Looking down into the south wall, just before casting.
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That right there is my shadow. And those tiny spaces...
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Casting the south wall. Left to right: Dr. Frank,...
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I secretly really like this job because I can act like a monkey.
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...or because they give me bucketfulls of concrete to...
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Loading the bucket from the truck.
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Tim watches while Catherine and Jim unload the bucket.
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Empty bucket.
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Lewis acts like a manager while Tim loads the bucket;...
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North base (now dry!) with concrete truck rumbling up behind it.
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Finishing the south wall.
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More finishing.
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The first girder is lowered into place (60,000lbs of...
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Tim pushes the girder into a more exact location; Dennis...
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Mike positions the first diaphragm.
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The second girder being lifted off the truck.
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The second girder as it is lowered into place (note: the...
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Careful maneuvering...
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Fitting the bottom flange under the diaphragm oh-so-carefully.
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The truck, shortened back up and about to leave.
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Tim and Mike work the girder into place (remember again:...
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Catherine checks out the girders from the top - I approve.
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The girders, in place, from afar.
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The girders from below. Note all the bolt holes in the...
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Catherine makes friends with a girder. Height of C =...
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The girders reach from support to support - but just barely.