Friday Construction Photo #4

It's been a week suited for drying and the workmen are making some visible progress. The crane is actually in action this week and I got a shot I can actually discuss a little.

If you want to see some of the things I'm going to talk about, you'll need to actually open the photo full size in another window so you can see what I'm talking about. To do that, right click on the little photo and select Open link in new window. Resize and arrange the windows so you can see.

I can now recognize the red cage thing on the back of the crane; it's an engine that, apparently through a hydraulic system, drives the auger.

If you look closely, there are orange squares on the ground where they'll be drilling the footings.

The tan / medium brown soil is what the auger removes as it drills the hole. There's a little front loader in the right side of the image loading that dirt into a dump truck for removal.

There are three cement mixers in the photo. Each will unload into a hopper that feeds a pump to inject the cement into the hole as the auger is pulled back up.

There are lines of green reinforcing bars laying on the ground next to two of the cement mixers. I'm not sure if they end up in the cement in the holes or how they get there.

Near the bottom of the photo, there are a couple of dark blue pickup trucks. Near them are about half a dozen construction grade "cardboard" tubes. At some point in the drilling process, at least one of those tubes is slipped down into the top portion of the hole, apparently to somewhat contain the concrete.

That's it for this week; everything I know ... and then some.