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[sdwright.vic]

Yes... Harbour Rd is going to go through there to form the new entrance to the hotel.

[Gary H]

Okay, I think I may have found the right gear to take advantage of such a big view.  It's the Sony DSC-HX400V with a 50x optical zoom, take a look.
 
In addition to grading / rolling the new street slope they're installing the street lighting and traffic intersection electrical in the newly dug trench.   Interestingly, it appears they are using pre-cast concrete lamp post anchors and as can be seen in the last shot those things are as tall as a man and pretty massive.
 

 
 

 
 

 


 

Edited by Gary H, 27 August 2014 - 09:39 PM.

[Mike K.]

That's an awesome camera, Gary. Thanks for those.

[dasmo]

Yes, Great spy shots! This will be interesting to watch...

[Mike K.]

How about some shots of Era 

[Gary H]

From today.  If you thought this little camera took great zoomed shots check out the 1080x60p video.  You'll want to go to YouTube, select 1080p and go full screen.

 

The reach on this lens is quite remarkable. 

 

http://youtu.be/de9VhuHTBcU

[Mike K.]

WOW

[VicHockeyFan]

Ha ha, sweet...

[Linear Thinker]

PCL's August 18 construction schedule shows curb going in the week of September 8, with paving the following Monday and Tuesday.

The concrete cylinders in your video are the below ground part of a catch basin.

Those pole bases weigh just under 10000 lbs.

[Hotel Mike]

Nice work Gary. This is like building geek **rn.

 

One thing we can say is that there is lots of regular and speedy work going on for the bridge project, even if PCL is looking for extra months to get this thing done.

[Gary H]

From last Friday Aug 29th...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gary H]

An interesting clip of some heavy equipment (generators) being shuttled from the west to east side of the bridge using a long flat bed truck and the new (but ultimately temporary) access path to Johnson St.  I wonder if this type of activity was the reason they wanted to close the JSB for short periods?  From the clip it seems unnecessary as they were very efficient with this shuttling technique (they did it several times) and only blocked traffic for just a couple of minutes.  The video shakes a few times when I move the tripod head because I have the wrong type of head for this kind of work (soon to be fixed).  Best viewed in fullscreen HD.

 

Towards the end of the clip you'll see how these types of generators get attached to crane hoists for lifting - through a trap door on top that is accessed from the side panel.

 

Oh, and is that Edgar Winter with red pants on a bike at about 1:20? 

 

http://youtu.be/cXfmBEi2Zx8

[Gary H]

Some wild weather today.  They unloaded a truckload of what looks like black solid steel pipes in the pouring rain.  They abandoned their first attempt, but finished in the rain anyway in the second clip.  The crane they used that was part of the truck sure looked like it would be fun to operate.  Best viewed in fullscreen HD.

 

http://youtu.be/ECph2jDP2xI

 

 

http://youtu.be/7UR11bpxQHs

[G-Man]

Creosote logs?

[HB]

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[HB]

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[Mike K.]

I ran into the mayor earlier today at the Escher open house and he said the bridge cost increase report is due next week.

[Gary H]

Oh and pipes would not be brought on a selfloading log truck rather they would be on a flat deck

 

HB I think your are right.  Those aren't steel pipes but wooden piles (logs) and they appear tapered from one end to the other.  As can be seen in the background the wooden piles are being driven into the ground in a dense formation near the edge of the western pier.  If they are bumpers as you suspect then wouldn't that imply a dredging / removal of the dirt just to the east of the the piles?

 

In this pic you can clearly see the worker about to use a chain saw on the end of one of the wooden piles.

 

[Linear Thinker]

HB I think your are right.  Those aren't steel pipes but wooden piles (logs) and they appear tapered from one end to the other.  As can be seen in the background the wooden piles are being driven into the ground in a dense formation near the edge of the western pier.  If they are bumpers as you suspect then wouldn't that imply a dredging / removal of the dirt just to the east of the the piles?

 

One of PCLs line items in the schedule during this week says "install compaction piles"

Those timbers would be used as compaction piles, which are driven into the ground to increase the density of deep soils.

[Gary H]

Yup, you nailed it, compaction piles. 

 

Interestingly, in the pic above the first set of piles appear to have been hollow steel pipes that were filled with concrete.  The ones they are driving now are the timbers.