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#501 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 12 December 2014 - 04:36 PM

Just like the wall crew using a Stihl cut-off saw on the fabric between layers of fill, they do a job on black iron water pipe, too.

 

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The Cabela's job trailer, well...half of it arrived. It's a double wide! (Second half later today.)

 

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Not too sure, but don't think this was the expected result!

 

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 10:48 AM

Using the tooth on the back of a dozer to rip the rocks and the blades to lower the current approach road to the Cabela's pad and they've begun to cut in the main road from Lee Highway.

 

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 11:01 AM

Where the dozers ripped an bladed, now with some help from Austin Powder, more work on the approach.

 

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Another shot for trenching later.

 

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 11:10 AM

Time for the very last layer today on the Cabela's pad. The material is called '2180', a screen size designation, and it's being hauled from a local quarry by a series of trucks from several local haulers.

 

There is a D6 Cat with a 'spreader box' attachment on the front and the trucks back up to it and as the bed is raised, the D6 moves the material and the truck ahead. When a windrow is full length, the Grader and Roller make their final passes.

 

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Posted 20 December 2014 - 12:38 PM

It's been awhile since I stopped in the breakdown lane...the wall has progressed past the point of re-build.

 

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Posted 20 December 2014 - 12:42 PM

The road in from the highway now has a turn into the Calhoun's pad.

 

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A couple views of the next shot, this is to start the slope down from Calhoun's pad to the new road.

 

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After the shot on Monday...

 

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Some spillover onto the new road...

 

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Posted 22 December 2014 - 05:14 PM

Haven't had many shots lately that offered a viewing angle so this one worked!

 

 

Before, After and a closer look...

 

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Posted 23 December 2014 - 01:14 PM

Wrap up pics for Christmas break...there aren't any high spots left to see the whole pad, so here's one from grade level.

 

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Sign company is back, too...

 

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Merry Christmas, ya'll!



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Posted 29 December 2014 - 06:26 PM

A crew started laying out stakes for the Cabela's building footings today but nothing very photogenic, yet.

 

Hammering boulders on the left, pulling fill down the hill and drilling for the next shot on top.

 

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Another shot below the Calhoun's pad...

 

 

Before and After...

 

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Posted 01 January 2015 - 07:03 AM

The first load of steel re-bar delivered to the laydown area. After a couple days of tying these pieces into various shapes they'll be headed onto the pad.

 

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The final shot for 2014 for more trenching, Before and After.

 

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Posted 01 January 2015 - 07:15 AM

Happy New Year, Soocold!  :cold 



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Posted 09 January 2015 - 12:51 PM

Another load of re-bar and a load of what looks like scaffolding parts now on site. And their sign is up.

 

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Posted 13 January 2015 - 06:41 PM

After about a week of the penetrations made into the pad surface, re-bar crew getting pieces wired together and into position, naturally the day to roll the ready-mix trucks turned out to be wet and miserable. I'm guessing thirty loads of concrete through the day.

 

 

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More re-bar on site and the first of several loads of block.

 

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Some interesting pre-fab scaffolding and planks...the upper pieces have elec drives and I'm guessing they are lifts to either raise the blocks or to elevate the plank decks as the walls go up.

 

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Posted 14 January 2015 - 10:22 AM

After two days drilling, today's shot preps trench work for completion of the large diameter (30"?) corrugated storm drain line that will be fed from all the drain inlets in the Cabela's parking area and from future downspouts from the building itself. The large line has already been installed leading to the two Detention Ponds on the south-east end of the project.

 

 

Before and After pics looking west toward the job trailer and south toward the sign legs.

 

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Posted 15 January 2015 - 07:03 PM

From a distance it looked like 3 truckloads of bean bags but closer up it turned out these were 'Special Mix' QuikCrete mortar bags to be mixed up in that hopper device next to the PortaJohn.

 

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Drill busy putting holes into the bottom of the pit where the last section of large corrugated storm drains was left several months ago, this series of charges lead toward the end of the shot yesterday.

 

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Posted 17 January 2015 - 01:55 PM

An unusual Saturday shot, almost too much glare facing into the sun to see it clearly...oh, well.

 

 



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Posted 19 January 2015 - 10:16 AM

Today it begins...enough footers are ready for block and the first bag of mortar mix goes up!

 

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Two pics from the South-East corner of the building.

 

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And by noon from the North-West corner.

 

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Mid-afternoon...they've begun set-up of the scaffolds and tomorrow should see them in action.

 

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Posted 19 January 2015 - 04:41 PM

Not so  :cold today...mid 50's.


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Posted 19 January 2015 - 06:49 PM

Their getting closer to building...getting excited here.


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