Third Concrete Pour

Retaining Wall and Footings Leading to...

Brian with crew works at pouring the retaining wall footing and lead footings to this retaining wall.

More Mud...

Jack working the pumper truck and Brian and crew work the mud...

   
Pouring and Finishing...

After each pour, there are number of steps to prepare the footings for the slab...that follows. Here making sure the top of footing is correct and (right) a "key" joint to tie the slab to the footing.

Retaining wall footing partly in...
Mud being poured in the tioe-in footings at the retaining wall. As is the case on a construction site...things move.

Pouring the "mud"...Mud Setting
Brian and his crew continue the pour at the retaining wall.

Metal Formwork Assemble...

The formwork that holds the vertical concrete in-place is being assembled. It is a series of metal "I" beams in a cross-hatch pattern with concrete form-boards attached to the concrete form side. .

 
Iron Cages...Metal Frames...Fresh Concrete
(from left to right) The vertical steel sheer wall steel goes in...The metal formwork to pour the concrete sheer walls be assembled...Yvonne removes the form work before the concrete sets.

Third Pour at the retaining wall...

looking across the site to the retaining wall and the concrete pump truck...

Panorama...
Lots of activity on site today...concrete, plumbers, iron workers...

Progress...
(from left to right) The elevator pit footings are in...I found this sign funny...Trenching for storm drains.