Submitted by Candace Weir
Shake, rattle and roll, it must be 7 am.
The drilling crew is probably on it's last week on the worksite. They have drilled 39 pylons: 6 of which are huge, 19 of which will support the building. Each pylon has taken about 6 cubic feet of concrete. Impressive!
This was the view from my balcony earlier this week. The drill behind the remains of last summers basil crop was about 5 feet from the edge of the unit. The next photo gives a better view of the business end of the drill. They drill for a bit, withdraw the bit, then knock and spin off the detritus and get back at it. Each hole takes several tries to complete.
The machine delivering the concrete in the holes drilled resembles the back leg of a huge grasshopper.
I didn't get pictures of the crew negotiating the huge steel beams into the cement. One wrong move and there would have been no 743. I really appreciate just how good everyone is at their job.
Phase 2 should be fun.