August 01, 2005 0:00 From SCDOT: A view from above | August 18, 2005 18:15 Grace off ramp | August 19, 2005 17:03 Grace Main Span Pins | October 01, 2005 0:00 From SCDOT: A view from above |
October 01, 2005 9:32 Removing the Grace roadway and final preparations for droppping the Pearman-Town Creek segment | October 01, 2005 14:05 Removing the Grace Roadway | October 03, 2005 19:27 Neil Myers night crew at work | October 06, 2005 0:00 Finishing roadway removal of the Town Creek section of the Grace Bridge |
October 14, 2005 0:00 Removing roadway from the Grace Approach | October 22, 2005 8:21 An early morning look at progress over Drum Island | October 25, 2005 7:56 Clearing Grace and Pearman structures from Drum Island | October 29, 2005 11:46 Dropping the cables on the Grace superstructure |
November 14, 2005 21:05 Picking a Grace segment of the East Bay overpasses | November 16, 2005 7:50 Unbuilding the Grace while marching across Drum Island | November 18, 2005 11:20 Removing the Grace skeleton inside the Port | November 19, 2005 11:08 The disappearing Pearman Stonehenge and going is the Grace ramp |
November 25, 2005 12:11 A Thanksgiving Holiday | November 30, 2005 9:50 Pio, Brad, Ted and Richie playing the Grace | December 01, 2005 14:00 A gift from SCDOT - a view from above | December 04, 2005 15:27 Grace departs from Drum Island |
December 06, 2005 10:01 Dropping the Town Creek Section of the Grace Bridge | December 06, 2005 18:12 Raising Grace from Town Creek | December 11, 2005 0:00 Roadway and girder removal - Grace is fast disappearing | December 12, 2005 7:32 Pio and his Grace jazz ensemble |
December 13, 2005 8:27 Early morning girder harvesting | December 14, 2005 7:12 How much sidewalk can Pio make from the Grace roadbed? | January 01, 2006 12:45 A snapshot of the Gace and Pearman skeletons | January 05, 2006 16:45 Unbuilding Grace: a family affair |
January 07, 2006 9:00 More unbuilding of the Grace roadway | January 11, 2006 7:41 Early morning at the Pearman and Grace ramps | January 12, 2006 17:29 Sparky catching sunset at its best | January 15, 2006 14:00 The Grace sand pile |
January 17, 2006 13:00 Unbuilding the Grace trusses | January 17, 2006 14:43 Unbuilding the Grace cantilever trusses | January 19, 2006 17:38 Sparky catches sunset over Town Creek | January 21, 2006 8:50 Unbuilding the Drum Island and Port segments of the Grace trusses |
January 21, 2006 10:05 Downhill unbuilding of the Grace ramp | January 24, 2006 15:40 Preparing the Grace cantilever segment for a blast | January 25, 2006 13:50 Gone is the Grace off ramp at America St. | January 28, 2006 9:18 Almost finished: Jaws and unbuilding Grace's ramp |
January 31, 2006 4:10 Backing down the Grace at 4am | February 01, 2006 0:00 SCDOT gives us a view from above | February 04, 2006 16:20 A transition from unbuilding to rebuilding | February 04, 2006 17:30 Pio and a tight squeeze: two excavators passing on the Grace |
February 04, 2006 20:10 A surprise from Marvin + Jack, Lewis, Rich and Scott - 600 Grace feet to go | February 08, 2006 16:15 The last gasps of the Grace roadway | February 09, 2006 2:10 The end of Grace: Unpouring the last segment of the Grace ramp | February 12, 2006 11:05 A Sunday survey of the worksites |
February 15, 2006 10:00 Explosive fracture of the Grace Cantilever Truss | February 16, 2006 13:06 The Mammoet umbrella and Grace / Pearman preparations | February 17, 2006 10:12 Jim Grier and his A team fells the last Grace segment on Drum Island | February 17, 2006 11:10 Sparky's whirlwind visit: up, down and all around |
February 26, 2006 7:45 Preparing Grace for dropping her main span | March 01, 2006 6:45 The Ironworkers proclaim that the Cooper River is Graceless | March 04, 2006 7:30 Manny, Chucky, Nugget, Chris, Speedy Pat, Farmer, Art and Rip: Removing the Mammoet beam | March 08, 2006 16:45 Sparky captures Pio, Richie and the team playing a Farewell to Grace |
March 10, 2006 17:30 Bye Bye Grace | March 11, 2006 16:08 Retrieving the cantilever truss | March 13, 2006 16:45 Multiple personalities of Testa operators | March 16, 2006 12:10 Unbuilding the grace support girders and piers |
March 18, 2006 7:04 Ironworker acrobats display their Graceful respect of Grace | March 20, 2006 11:03 Grace, Richie and Jackie: A tango at the Navy Yard | March 22, 2006 8:25 Starting to unbuild P-3 | March 25, 2006 15:23 Michael's headache and more tenacity of purpose |
March 27, 2006 15:03 Rebuilding a jackup barge leg, work on "Stiff Neck" and pre-blast prep on the Pearman | March 28, 2006 17:03 Unbuilding Pio's legacy and repairs | March 31, 2006 11:17 Sparky and Sparky 2 and a trip around the worksites | April 01, 2006 0:00 From SCDOT: A view from above |
April 03, 2006 16:10 Pio, Richie, Jackie and Michael - unbuilding Grace | April 06, 2006 18:45 Sunsets over Grace: without words | April 08, 2006 7:09 Michael, P-3 and his 1250 | April 08, 2006 13:05 The dynamic duo: Jackie and Richie |
April 09, 2006 9:04 A neck procedure for Michael's 1250 | April 11, 2006 10:00 Oscar and the DD team | April 11, 2006 14:30 Planting explosives on the truss between P-11 and P-13 | April 12, 2006 9:59 Grace trusses between P-11 and P-13 down |
April 14, 2006 9:48 Then and Now - Transforming the skylines of Charleston and Mt. Pleasant | April 18, 2006 12:19 Unbuilding the west Grace cantilever | April 24, 2006 16:05 Cleanup around the Cooper River and the Navy Yard | April 26, 2006 13:15 Jackie Foley and Michael Hebb and how to fish for Grace truss sections |
April 26, 2006 13:47 Charge placement on the Grace structure | April 28, 2006 10:00 Bye bye Grace (Mt. Pleasant side) | April 29, 2006 12:38 A retrieval composition for Crane, Grapple and Shear | May 03, 2006 10:16 Quartet for Diver, Crane, Grapple and Shear |
May 08, 2006 10:38 A surprise in a small package | May 08, 2006 12:41 Unbuilding does not stop for lunch | May 11, 2006 16:10 Sparky makes a tour of the worksites (between the rain episodes) | May 16, 2006 8:57 The Last Grace Blast and a tribute from the C-17s and F-15s |
May 16, 2006 11:00 After the dance - cleanup time | May 21, 2006 11:21 Unbuilding P-10 - the strategy | May 27, 2006 4:30 Installing the Grace bearings, May 22, 1929 | June 01, 2006 10:00 A view from above by SCDOT |
June 03, 2006 17:51 Michael's 1250 at the Navy Yard | June 04, 2006 12:51 What a change in the Cooper River landscape | June 05, 2006 15:00 Blowing P-12 | June 05, 2006 16:10 Drilling the footing with a template - prep for P-11 blast |
June 07, 2006 12:57 Preparing to unbuild P-11: A template + drilling + skill | June 07, 2006 15:45 Tim and Michael hammering away while Smokey is fishing | June 19, 2006 12:05 Reviewing the past 2 years: The changing face of the Cooper River | June 20, 2006 19:15 Cleanup at the Navy Yard and a new player |
June 24, 2006 11:57 From SCDOT, Julie and Randi - A history of the project from above | June 26, 2006 15:10 Our backup video team and the Navy Yard | June 30, 2006 13:15 See Mickey's new Copco | June 30, 2006 13:35 Marine life in the Cooper River |
July 03, 2006 20:23 Sunset over the Graceless Cooper River | July 12, 2006 14:55 P-10 says goodbye to Charleston
| July 17, 2006 11:54 Meet the Jay Cashman (aka 995) | July 22, 2006 10:30 Meet Billy Ward and the 995 in action |
July 24, 2006 16:08 Building the Observation Pier and unbuilding P-8 and P-9 | August 16, 2006 19:06 New boy on the block at the Navy Yard | August 30, 2006 14:36 Final cleanup at the Navy Yard | September 14, 2006 17:54 Unbuilding the last of the Grace structure |
September 16, 2006 9:42 Part 1: Chris, Robbie, Lewis and Carlos - Graceful acrobats @ work | September 16, 2006 10:49 Part 2: Raising the Grace pier truss | September 16, 2006 16:45 Part 3: Unbuilding Grace from her feet | September 20, 2006 16:23 A new Grace foundation and Mt Pleasant work |
September 23, 2006 12:14 A little bit of building - the midsection Grace support | October 10, 2006 9:00 Brian Dadin joins our team and Grace has a mid-span support | October 13, 2006 17:13 From Mt. Pleasant to Charleston. Sparky provides an all around update | October 17, 2006 15:48 The J. Cashman scooping and dumping + a bit of Chris Vocci |
October 26, 2006 11:00 An aerial survey from SCDOT | October 30, 2006 15:56 Blasting Grace's foot prints | November 09, 2006 17:23 Manny and Chris get well deserved extensions | November 15, 2006 15:03 Gloom and rain can not stop unbuilding |
November 20, 2006 17:19 More Pearman truss unbuilding | December 02, 2006 16:17 Sparky is back from Katrina-land to give us a bridge fix | December 13, 2006 16:02 A foggy Grace worksite | December 13, 2006 18:03 The Navy yard - cleanup and the 995 |
December 15, 2006 11:41 Watch Manny and the Ironworkers unbuild a Grace section | December 15, 2006 12:34 More unbuilidng of Grace | December 15, 2006 13:14 Unbuilding the next section | December 15, 2006 14:24 Carlos, Manny, Nugget and Stan - do it again Sam! |
December 15, 2006 16:39 Another face lift by Manny, Carlos and the team | December 15, 2006 18:03 Removing the next section over the temp supports | December 16, 2006 9:55 Nearing the end of unbuilding Grace | December 16, 2006 12:08 A view of the Grace Skateboard ramp from above |
December 19, 2006 9:34 Unbuilding half the last superstructure | December 19, 2006 10:18 Carlos, Lewis, Nugget, Stan, Robbie, Randi, Rick, Manny, Chris and a segment of Project Runway | December 19, 2006 12:09 The last of Grace to come down | December 20, 2006 14:20 Unbuilding half the Grace roadway skeleton |
December 21, 2006 10:47 Near completion of the Grace steel structures | December 22, 2006 16:28 SCDOT's aerial survey | January 02, 2007 14:15 Cleanup at the Port site | January 05, 2007 16:14 Neither rain, snow, or ice can keep Jimmy Grier from an oyster roast |
January 30, 2007 16:41 Michael unbuilding the last Grace pier | February 01, 2007 16:00 Fog wraps cousin Arthur | February 10, 2007 12:08 Sparky takes a walk down memory lane, with Liza and Lauren | February 13, 2007 14:12 Preparing the last Grace pier for implosion |
February 24, 2007 13:05 A quintet for 4 guys and the moon | February 27, 2007 13:48 Cleanup and final prep for the T-2 foundation implosion | March 02, 2007 13:37 Driling the last Grace pier | March 09, 2007 13:55 Manny and team: fetching and toting |
March 10, 2007 9:47 Manny: lifting, positioining, lifting again, positioining again and then hammering | March 11, 2007 10:53 More prep for the last Grace pier | March 12, 2007 10:35 Mickey, Ken and team loading up for tomorrow's last big event | March 13, 2007 10:15 Bringing down the last Grace pier |
March 13, 2007 14:25 Manny demonstrates the Manny push strategy. | March 14, 2007 16:36 Fishing for debris from yesterday's implosion | March 17, 2007 8:43 Finishing the Mt Pleasant Pier, Cleanup at the port and Mickey drilling the last Grace base | March 20, 2007 18:42 Cleanup on the Charleston side and another Charleston Sunset |
March 21, 2007 15:25 Cleanup, Randy and Driving with Sparky | March 26, 2007 11:06 Manny and Mickey - what a pair. Watch the last of the Copco drilling exercise | March 27, 2007 16:00 The last Graceful Blast from Mickey, Michael, Ken and the entire unbuilding team | March 29, 2007 16:46 The clean up after ... |
April 03, 2007 12:35 The last of Manny. What a man and what a smile - sigh | April 10, 2007 7:42 Morning sun kisses the Graceless and Pearmanless Ravenel Bridge |