There are three recent events to talk about today. First, the conveyor system was shut down last Friday (May 14). Evidently, the space allocated for dirt on the northeast side of the bus box hole reached its capacity. It took several days to reassemble the conveyor at a new location closer to Wewatta Street. On Wednesday, I took this photo of the beginning of another pile of dirt that is rapidly growing on the parking lot at the intersection of Wewatta and 16th streets.
Second, long angular pieces of metal (sheet pile) are being driven into the bottom and near the northwest end of the bus box hole. The following photo shows the sheet pile forming a box that will hold back dirt and ground water from an eventual hole that will house utilities under the floor of the bus box.
Third, a new piece of gear showed up at the project site yesterday afternoon. It appears to be a crane and is being assembled on site probably because it is too large to be transported on public roads. I took the following photo showing a couple of workers walking nearby to provide a sense of scale. I’m looking forward to seeing this new toy in action.
Also notice the ground under the new crane in the last photo. Over the past two days, Kiewit resurfaced a most of the northwest side of the project area. They trucked in what appears to be crushed limestone, smoothed it out with a grader, and packed it with a roller. I assume it is time for a cleaner, more stable surface on which to work.
I uploaded 16 more photos to JobSiteVistor.com this week. Please check them out.
