Well, we just passed the last inspection on our 'SOG'. Thursday morning dark and early, we will begin pumping concrete onto our pad. This has been a challenging couple of weeks; working with the rain, county, and other minor setbacks, but we are here now.
I especially hope that our 'anonymous' blogger will be tuning in to watch the excitement in the morning!
As Linda has explained before, the process begins with the concrete pump arriving first, approximately 4am, and getting set up. The concrete trucks will begin arriving at 4:30am, and will keep coming for a while. We are estimating 200 cubic yards of concrete tomorrow, so that means at least 20 concrete trucks!
While the concrete is being placed, there will be some workers that will 'screed' or level the concrete, others will spread it, and still others will start 'floating' it. All in all there will probably be close to twenty workers out here making it happen! They will all probably put in close to twelve hours.
If you happen to be awake, there will be lots to see!
Point Pleasant - Live Job Site Camera
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I appreciate the heads up about the timing for tomorrow morning. I've been known to set my alarm early for meteor showers and other celestial activity, so setting it early for a concrete pump "drive by" makes sense to me. Who knows, the rumbling of all those concrete trucks may wake me anyway. And for sure, I'll be walking on the correct side of the street when I go to work tomorrow morning, those trucks are big and I'm not.
I'm looking forward to seeing the 'screed' guys. I don't believe I've ever seen a 'screed' before, they must be mighty elusive critters. This construction stuff is so foreign to me, I have to stop myself from using the made up names I have for the equipment when I do these blogs. I saw one piece this morning that made me almost spit out my tea. It was a tiny, yellow, egg-shaped "diggy-thing", just big enough for a person to fit inside. I started laughing and mentioned to Neal that it probably made a little "ding-ding-ding" when it backed up, and hoped to someday grow up to be one of the "beep-beep-beepers". He said, "Be nice now..." I even ran out of the office with my camera to snap a shot as it went by. I have a nice collection started of pix taken during these phases. They'll be available to whoever needs them, just ask.
I'm continuously amazed at the work being done here. I don't know what I expected, but the professionalism and multi-tasking abilities just wow me. At anytime during the work day, there are flurries of activity in several places at once, workers do their tasks, all working independently but correographed so they don't step on each other. That's it! It's like watching a ballet with men costumed in hard hats, solar yellow safety vests, blue jeans or Carhart overalls and boots... leaping across trenches, pulling themselves up into the cab of a piece of equipment...Oh yes, that's a mind picture worth keeping.
You keep reading, and I'll keep telling you what's going on outside my window. And I'll give your the concrete truck countdown tomorrow!
whatever- i was skeptical of all these kids running around like they knew what was going on. looks like you pulled this one off. if you start slowing down, we will be back.
my husband says watching this race was better than American Idol. Give us another date so that we can root for or against you boys.
Saying prayers of thanksgiving & excitement is bubbling over in our family. Watching the photos with much anticipation.
The last concrete truck just left, the count was 28 trucks, and at 10 yards per truck, we just placed 280 yards of concrete in 6 hours! Now the finishers will move onto the slab and spend the next six to eight hours finishing the slab and cutting in control joints.
I see that anonymous joined the viewing crowd, good to see 'her' semi-positive comments!
Great job to Rusty Langley, our superintedent, who masterfully orchestrated the 'ballet' including Napoli Concrete, Dave Willson construction, Applegate Johnston's Electrical crew and Solecon Industrial's Plumbing crew.
Stay close to your computer screen, as the finishers meticulously work the mud and manipulate the 'cream'!
Here it is, 9:15am. The last concrete truck has left and the concrete pump is retracting it's spidery boom, preparing for the trip back to its lair. The lights were on and activity going strong at 4am as promised. I heard the concrete trucks pass by about every 15 minutes in my dreams, and I even heard the back-up bells pulling me out of sleep, pretty sure I didn't imagine all that. I looked at the jobsite camera at 7:30am and noticed that over half of the foundation had been poured, so I hurried off to work early...didn't want to miss anything! Once there, I counted 21 guys involved in the pour, smoothing out the concrete with those long handled "smoothers" from the sidelines, some on their hands and knees smoothing the edges by hand.
Now they're unloading these riding "smoothers". A bulldozer lifts them onto the foundation, it looks like 6 of them from my vantage point. They're operated like a riding lawnmower-sized Zamboni. I'll be sure to get pics of those once they fire up the engines!
I sure hope you're looking at the jobsite camera often. So few people have had the chance to come out and see the action up close. This morning, Donna stopped by on her walk and Bud rode up on his bike to see the action.
Thank you, God, for this momentous week for Point Pleasant, and for the opportunity to be a small part in your kingdom building.
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