As another week draws to a close, the excavation continues and it won't be long until the wall comes tumbling down. Thanks to the foreman, i am now the proud owner of an FH Paschen safety vest; i plan on wearing it with my Easter bonnet on Sunday.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Day 150, 27 March 2013, Postscript
I passed this flagman in his lonely outpost this afternoon. He's standing watch just south of Pratt Blvd., a block south of the construction site. I assume that he is there because of the way that the tracks curve, since otherwise trains approaching from the south would not be visible until they were fairly close to the worksite. In all honesty, though, i took this picture because he reminded me of a sailor, perched high aloft in the crow's nest of a sailing ship, looking for land or a great white whale.
Day 150, 27 March 2013
Working out the logistics, as Big Blue approaches the narrow end of the work site.
On 13 March, i posted pictures of a humungous circular saw cutting into the retaining wall. At the time, i interpreted this as a sign that the wall was about to come down, but it was actually part of the process of trimming and strengthening that section of the wall in preparation for the present stage of the work (the section of the wall that was worked on is visibly whiter in this picture).
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Day 149, 26 March 2013
It was a busy, noisy, and muddy day on the worksite today as the installation of tiebacks continues. I've included a short video at the bottom of the page to show Big Blue in action.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Day 148, 25 March 2013
Here are a few shots of the tiebacks that i mentioned last week.
And a sunny smile on a cloudy day from the man with the very important job of keeping a watchful eye out for approaching trains.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Day 144, 21 March 2013
I asked one of the workers yesterday if the retaining wall would be coming down soon, and he said that for the next couple of weeks they'll be preparing to take the wall down by adding rebar tiebacks as reinforcement, then digging some more, then adding more tiebacks. This worker is cutting openings for the tiebacks in the steel panels: you can see the most recently completed hole on the right and the outline of where the next will go on the left. The big blue machine pictured yesterday is used to install the tiebacks.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Day 143, 20 March 2013
There's been a lot of activity in the past few days, and now that spring is at least nominally here, the pace is really picking up.
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