(Note: I will be traveling for much of June so my updates will be based on my presence rather than Union Station construction activity.)

If you take a close look at the photo below, you can see several interesting things:

  • Workers atop the dirt pile are coating it with a material that will prevent erosion over the next many months while that dirt sits exposed to the elements.
  • The current phase of excavating the bus box hole appears to be getting very close to completion.
  • A stone roadway has been built into the bus box.  Heavy traffic must be expected soon.
  • The crane boom was hoisted this afternoon for the first time.  As you try to gauge the height of it, be aware that I took the photo from about 90 feet off the ground.

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Underground utility work has been underway constantly in various parts of the project. For once, I was able to get a good shot of conduit being placed near the intersection of 18th Street and the Consolidated Main Line tracks.

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One more thing. Is this crane actually trying to lift the Qwest building?

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I’ve uploaded 17 more photos, including two that I took late last week, to our Denver Union Station page at JobSiteVistor.com.