August 01, 2005 0:00
From SCDOT: A view from above
 | August 06, 2005 15:37
The Beginning of Unbuilding
 | August 11, 2005 17:19
Removing the Pearman roadway
 | August 16, 2005 16:46
Sparky in action: Dropping girders
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August 17, 2005 17:37
Our surgical team on the Pearman roadway
 | August 19, 2005 16:51
Surgical roadway removal
 | August 20, 2005 9:20
Building Charleston's Stonehenge
 | August 20, 2005 9:43
A roadway skeleton
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August 22, 2005 17:59
Dropping roadway segments
 | August 23, 2005 16:33
Residual girders to drop (from Sparky Witte)
 | August 27, 2005 19:45
Stonehenge
 | August 31, 2005 17:21
Pearman On and Off ramps
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September 02, 2005 15:11
The edge of the Pearman superstructure
 | September 03, 2005 19:36
Closer views of the superstructure
 | September 11, 2005 15:46
Cutting and removing roadway segments
 | September 11, 2005 21:27
Night removal of roadway and fun with night images
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September 12, 2005 11:10
Coupling the superstructure to the base
 | September 19, 2005 10:30
Watching Pearman work from the Grace
 | September 19, 2005 12:03
Under the Pearman On Ramp
 | September 20, 2005 11:32
Cutting through girders: Nugget, a dentist in disguise
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September 21, 2005 10:20
Cutting the roadway into segments
with video
 | September 21, 2005 17:54
Removing a roadway segment
with video
 | September 21, 2005 19:07
Cutting girders
 | September 29, 2005 15:24
Test blast (from Sparky Witte and Mickey Rogers of Advanced Blasting Services)
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September 30, 2005 7:24
Last Pearman Roadway Segment
 | October 01, 2005 0:00
From SCDOT: A view from above
 | October 01, 2005 8:41
Truss roadway completely removed
 | October 01, 2005 13:52
Removing Pearman Columns
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October 05, 2005 12:31
Dropping a Pearman column just like dropping a tree - almost
 | October 06, 2005 0:00
Removing Charleston's Stonehenge
 | October 11, 2005 10:00
Dropping the Town Creek segment of the Pearman Bridge
 | October 13, 2005 0:00
Retrieving a section of the Pearman truss
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October 16, 2005 15:29
Retrieving and chewing truss segments
 | October 20, 2005 18:00
Bridge skeletons
 | October 20, 2005 23:57
Removing concrete girders: A view from the top
 | October 22, 2005 10:42
Removing roadway from the Pearman off-ramp
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October 22, 2005 10:53
Preparing the Pearman piers for blasting
 | October 29, 2005 0:00
Retrieving the last of the Town Creek Pearman segments
 | October 29, 2005 10:48
Innovation@work: roadway removal over steel girders
 | October 31, 2005 16:00
Removing the piers and caps with the new 1250
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October 31, 2005 16:56
Lifting and processing floor girders
 | November 01, 2005 17:14
Working as the sun says goodbye
 | November 02, 2005 5:03
Early morning work: removing roadway crossing East Bay
 | November 02, 2005 23:03
Late night work: Harvesting girders over East Bay as seen from below and above
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November 04, 2005 7:47
Continued drilling to prepare the columns for removal
 | November 04, 2005 8:27
Picking girders from the Cooper River segment of the Pearman
 | November 07, 2005 16:25
Harvesting girders from the Pearman: 50 tons at a time
 | November 10, 2005 8:17
The 7550 harvesting girders from the Pearman ramp
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November 11, 2005 13:10
Building a bridge to unbuild a pier cap
 | November 12, 2005 6:10
Cleanup and bringing down the next column
 | November 14, 2005 11:46
Harvesting concrete girders from the Pearman
 | November 14, 2005 14:40
More about girder harvesting
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November 15, 2005 10:03
Dropping the Drum Island cantilevered section of the Pearman
 | November 16, 2005 7:57
Innovation@work: Removing roadway segments over concrete girders
 | November 19, 2005 10:22
Marching down the Pearman ramp to Mt Pleasant
 | November 19, 2005 11:08
The disappearing Pearman Stonehenge and going is the Grace ramp
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November 21, 2005 13:25
All that remains are roots and bones at the Columbus St. Terminal
 | November 22, 2005 14:30
Harvesting girders: Every day brings a new challenge
 | November 27, 2005 14:20
Preparations of the Pearman Piers
 | November 30, 2005 6:30
Loading and sequencing D-25 with explosives
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November 30, 2005 15:53
Imploding Pearman Pier D-25
 | December 01, 2005 14:00
A gift from SCDOT - a view from above
 | December 11, 2005 14:23
The jackup barge and a language lesson
 | December 12, 2005 8:20
Bobby McCabe's Pearman jazz ensemble with a Jackup Barge
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December 13, 2005 8:48
Repositioning the jack-up barge and more roadway harvesting
 | December 14, 2005 6:32
Early morning girder harvesting
 | December 16, 2005 14:01
Dropping Pearman piers M1-M5 with style
 | January 01, 2006 12:45
A snapshot of the Gace and Pearman skeletons
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January 05, 2006 16:30
Harvesting the last floor girders and preparing the base of the Mt. Pleasant Pier
 | January 07, 2006 8:45
Unbuilding the Pearman ramp and preparing the observation deck foundation
 | January 09, 2006 7:15
More of the jack-up barge and Cantilever acrobats
 | January 09, 2006 10:04
Early start, loading and imploding Pearman D-24
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January 11, 2006 7:41
Early morning at the Pearman and Grace ramps
 | January 11, 2006 8:30
Unbuilding the Pearman truss cantilever - one stick at a time
 | January 11, 2006 15:01
Practice makes perfect: Dropping D-27 with remote ignition
 | January 12, 2006 17:29
Sparky catching sunset at its best
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January 15, 2006 15:00
Only one Pearman span remains
 | January 17, 2006 15:00
D-23 is gone: No more Drum Island Pearman supports
 | January 17, 2006 15:57
Mickey and his ABS team drop D-23 and top D-25
 | January 18, 2006 13:36
Gone is T4 - the last Drum Island Pearman support
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January 19, 2006 17:38
Sparky catches sunset over Town Creek
 | January 21, 2006 9:05
Cleaning up the remains of T-4
 | January 21, 2006 9:15
Preparing for the Mt. Pleasant Observation / Fishing pier
 | January 24, 2006 15:05
Drilling the T4 base for explosive disassembly
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January 25, 2006 14:05
Adventures with Captain Bill's jackup barge and Mickey's drilling team
 | January 25, 2006 15:45
High flying with the iron workers
 | January 26, 2006 15:00
Blasting the T-4 foundation, removing Grace's off ramp and ironworker acrobats
 | January 27, 2006 14:56
Unbuilding the top of the A
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January 28, 2006 8:26
The Mt. Pleasant pier foundation
 | January 28, 2006 9:48
Unbuilding the bottom of the A
 | January 28, 2006 16:35
The final trimming of the Pearman cantilever
 | January 30, 2006 11:53
Blasting D-23 substructure
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February 01, 2006 0:00
SCDOT gives us a view from above
 | February 02, 2006 7:25
A Pearman pier and the meaning of tenacity of purpose
 | February 02, 2006 7:34
A golden early morning and loading D-24
 | February 02, 2006 11:35
Unbuilding the D-24 substructure
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February 04, 2006 16:20
A transition from unbuilding to rebuilding
 | February 07, 2006 14:01
Blasting the foundation of Pearman pier D-26
 | February 12, 2006 11:05
A Sunday survey of the worksites
 | February 14, 2006 10:00
Implosion of D-25 substructure
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February 16, 2006 13:06
The Mammoet umbrella and Grace / Pearman preparations
 | February 16, 2006 15:00
ABS imploding the M5 Pearman substructure
 | February 17, 2006 11:10
Sparky's whirlwind visit: up, down and all around
 | February 19, 2006 7:45
Mammoet beams riding on the top of the Pearman
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February 20, 2006 9:45
Installing the hydraulic jack - umbrella - cable assembly
 | February 21, 2006 17:30
Sparky to the rescue - more prep for lowering the Pearman main span
 | February 22, 2006 6:45
History today - Successful lowering of the Pearman main span over the Cooper RIver
 | February 23, 2006 12:55
Unbuilding the great Mammoets
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February 24, 2006 15:30
Pio and serious unbuilding at the Navy yard
 | February 25, 2006 11:45
Pio's Jazz Quintet fells the Pearman main span
 | February 27, 2006 12:30
Dancing to Pio's music
 | March 02, 2006 15:23
Sparky, a budding art photographer
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March 22, 2006 15:01
T-3 and Frank say bye bye
 | March 26, 2006 11:20
Sparky catches reversal of wear and tear
 | March 27, 2006 15:03
Rebuilding a jackup barge leg, work on "Stiff Neck" and pre-blast prep on the Pearman
 | April 01, 2006 0:00
From SCDOT: A view from above
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April 04, 2006 14:00
D-27 Substructure. Mickey and his team do it again
 | April 05, 2006 9:00
Demolition Dynamics: Dropping the east Pearman cantilever
 | April 09, 2006 9:04
A neck procedure for Michael's 1250
 | April 12, 2006 7:20
Cleanup of the Pearman cantilever and drilling C-2 and D-28
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April 14, 2006 9:48
Then and Now - Transforming the skylines of Charleston and Mt. Pleasant
 | April 18, 2006 12:29
Mickey's team drilling C-2 and P-8
 | April 24, 2006 16:05
Cleanup around the Cooper River and the Navy Yard
 | May 03, 2006 13:03
Unbuilding from below and above
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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 23, 2006 8:40
Oscar and the team preparing for the last Pearman blast
 | May 24, 2006 10:00
Bye bye to the last Pearman superstructure
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June 01, 2006 10:00
A view from above by SCDOT
 | June 04, 2006 12:51
What a change in the Cooper River landscape
 | June 05, 2006 14:30
Manny's secret fishing hole
 | June 10, 2006 16:35
Unbuilding the C-2 Pearman bearing
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June 16, 2006 14:57
Dropping C-1
 | June 19, 2006 12:05
Reviewing the past 2 years:
The changing face of the Cooper River
 | June 19, 2006 14:27
Mickey's famous disappearing act - P-7 foundation unbuilt
 | June 20, 2006 19:15
Cleanup at the Navy Yard and a new player
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June 23, 2006 12:56
C-3 takes the plunge
 | 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
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June 30, 2006 13:35
Marine life in the Cooper River
 | June 30, 2006 14:25
Mickey, Ken, Sparky and team: Evaporating the C-4 base
 | July 06, 2006 14:05
C-2 prep, Mickey and the Discovery Channel
 | July 07, 2006 11:32
Final prep and sequencing of C-2
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July 07, 2006 12:58
Almost the last big blast - C-2, the Discovery Channel, Friends and Families
 | July 08, 2006 12:13
Timmy cleaning up what Mickey left from yesterday: C-2 base
 | July 14, 2006 14:50
C-1 base takes a dive
 | July 17, 2006 11:54
Meet the Jay Cashman (aka 995)
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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
 | July 25, 2006 16:33
Fishing with the 995 and unloading Pearman debris at the Navy Yard
 | August 10, 2006 15:20
Touring the worksites and drilling C-3
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August 16, 2006 19:06
New boy on the block at the Navy Yard
 | August 22, 2006 10:09
C-2 prep and setting up for the C-3 show
 | August 22, 2006 11:29
Imploding the C-3 substructure - Mickey and Ken at their best
 | August 30, 2006 14:36
Final cleanup at the Navy Yard
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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 31, 2006 18:25
The Mt. Pleasant Pier resting on the Pearman footings
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November 02, 2006 10:15
Sextet for Stan, Nugget, Carlos, Troy, Manny and Chris.
 | 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
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December 02, 2006 16:17
Sparky is back from Katrina-land to give us a bridge fix
 | December 06, 2006 13:11
Manny and Iron Worker Acrobats - the end is near
 | December 08, 2006 17:15
Diagonal cables to stabilize the temporary columns
 | December 09, 2006 18:03
Building the Mt. Pleasant Observation Pier
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December 10, 2006 15:38
Gone is the last of the Pearman trusses
 | December 11, 2006 17:23
What is buildeth can be unbuilt
 | December 13, 2006 15:05
Cleanup of the Pearman unbuilding
 | December 13, 2006 18:03
The Navy yard - cleanup and the 995
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December 22, 2006 16:28
SCDOT's aerial survey
 | January 05, 2007 16:14
Neither rain, snow, or ice can keep Jimmy Grier from an oyster roast
 | January 09, 2007 16:34
Cleanup and preparation for imploding T-1
 | January 10, 2007 16:17
Wrapping T-1 for Friday's implosion
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January 11, 2007 16:43
Mickey, Ken and team loading T-1
 | January 12, 2007 9:21
T-1 is no more: Mickey and Ken at their best
 | January 13, 2007 13:11
Michael Rogers makes his debut
 | January 14, 2007 16:10
Gone is T-2, the last of the Pearman support piers
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February 08, 2007 17:52
Sunset over the Mt. Pleasant pier
 | February 10, 2007 12:08
Sparky takes a walk down memory lane, with Liza and Lauren
 | February 28, 2007 13:21
Preparing the T-2 base for Shelly
 | February 28, 2007 15:59
Shelly pushes the button and gone is the T-2 foundation
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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
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