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The Week of January 15, 2018 — Introducing a New Term

With this blog, I am going to introduce you to a new word that was briefly used in the previous week’s blog. Up to now,...

The Week of January 8, 2018 — The Spline Beam Skeleton Continues to Extend to the East

While I was away for a week of R & R, Southern California was walloped with the first real rain storm of the season. Upon...

A Layer of Grout Between the Isolator and its Base

After the isolator has been leveled on its base a layer of grout is pumped between the isolator and its base. This step is required...

Hand Tools Used In The Project

This post features the ordinary hand tools that one may use around the house during a weekend project. Although a huge project such as the...

Constructing the Sub-Grade Structural Wall

After the foundation has been poured, preparation begins for the installation of the shotcrete walls, which, when finished, coats the existing shotcrete shoring walls. Over...

A Quick Easy Lesson on How to Erect a Lattice Boom Crane Completed

Erecting a lattice boom crane is one of the most dangerous jobs in the construction field: The parts are heavy, the parts are hard to...

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Cranes: The Heavy Lifters

The featured photo of this post is of the current Loma Linda University Medical center circa 1964. Back then, a tower crane was used along...

With the Ramps Gone, How Does the Heavy Equipment Make it in and Out of the Pit?

03.06.17 On March 6, 2017, work began to excavate the ramp that served as the “road” to the bottom of the pit. Early on in...

The Foundation: The Main Concrete Pours by Section Completed

PREPARING FOR THE SATURDAY NIGHT CONCRETE POUR ON SECTION I 03.24.17 – 1 I arrived on site, the morning of March 24, 2017, just in time...

A Pad for the North Crawler Crane

Although the tower cranes will not arrive on site for a couple of months it is not too soon to begin work on the north side...