May 27, 2005 18:29 Town Creek Segments | June 04, 2005 12:06 From the top of the Ravenel west tower | June 11, 2005 8:31 Mt. Pleasant View | June 22, 2005 17:23 Grace and Pearman main spans |
July 07, 2005 8:10 From the Ravenel bicycle lane | July 20, 2005 17:44 Meeting Street Before | July 20, 2005 17:50 East Bay Before | August 01, 2005 0:00 From SCDOT: A view from above |
August 05, 2005 7:18 Early morning - The Grace, Pearman and Ravenel Bridges | August 05, 2005 16:23 Ravenel Approaches | August 06, 2005 15:37 The Beginning of Unbuilding | August 09, 2005 15:59 An early bite of the bridge |
August 10, 2005 6:42 Getting started | August 10, 2005 17:37 Between King Street and Meeting St | August 11, 2005 17:19 Removing the Pearman roadway | August 12, 2005 20:12 Night work at I-26 Exit 221 B |
August 12, 2005 21:16 Night work on the I-26 overpass | August 14, 2005 6:47 Morning work - Lifting girders with a mega-crane | August 14, 2005 8:49 Lifting girders | August 14, 2005 11:11 Extracting a pair of teeth (from Sparky Witte) |
August 15, 2005 16:46 Sparky's photos: Progress between Meeting and King | August 16, 2005 16:46 Sparky in action: Dropping girders | August 17, 2005 16:05 Clash of the titans | August 17, 2005 17:36 Jack Foley: Reflective sun glasses make a difference |
August 17, 2005 17:37 Our surgical team on the Pearman roadway | August 18, 2005 18:15 Grace off ramp | August 18, 2005 18:48 Under the Ravenel Bridge | August 19, 2005 13:48 Removing the last girder over Meeting St. |
August 19, 2005 16:45 Coleman Blvd Recycling Center | August 19, 2005 16:51 Surgical roadway removal | August 19, 2005 17:03 Grace Main Span Pins | August 19, 2005 17:28 Surprise encounters of the first kind |
August 20, 2005 9:20 Building Charleston's Stonehenge | August 20, 2005 9:43 A roadway skeleton | August 22, 2005 15:15 Marching from Meeting St to East Bay | August 22, 2005 17:59 At the beginning of the superstructure |
August 22, 2005 17:59 Dropping roadway segments | August 22, 2005 20:29 Clean up between King and Meeting Streets | August 23, 2005 9:28 Dropping road segments (from Sparky Witte) | August 23, 2005 16:33 Residual girders to drop (from Sparky Witte) |
August 23, 2005 17:10 Battle of the Titans (from Sparky Witte) | August 26, 2005 15:30 Takes two to tango | August 27, 2005 11:09 Eating away at the Grace and Pearman approaches | August 27, 2005 19:45 Stonehenge |
August 30, 2005 16:58 Working on the Nassau Overpass | August 31, 2005 17:10 Working on the Hanover Overpass | August 31, 2005 17:21 Pearman On and Off ramps | September 02, 2005 14:56 East Bay off ramp (before) |
September 02, 2005 14:56 Working from Meeting St to East Bay | September 02, 2005 15:00 Town Creek Segment | September 02, 2005 15:11 The edge of the Pearman superstructure | September 03, 2005 19:05 Coupling the superstructure to the support base |
September 03, 2005 19:36 Closer views of the superstructure | September 06, 2005 7:50 Sparky Witte - as addicted as I am to capturing the unbuilding process | September 11, 2005 15:46 Cutting and removing roadway segments | September 11, 2005 16:14 Hanover overpass gone - and marching on |
September 11, 2005 21:27 Night removal of roadway and fun with night images | September 12, 2005 0:00 Ryan Billingsley (Birthday boy) | September 12, 2005 11:10 Coupling the superstructure to the support base | September 12, 2005 11:10 Coupling the superstructure to the base |
September 12, 2005 15:33 Michael Hebb (Anniversary boy) | September 14, 2005 0:00 Lee Graves' father and the Grace Bridge | September 17, 2005 13:41 Construction from a different era The Berlin Wall | September 19, 2005 10:30 Watching Pearman work from the Grace |
September 19, 2005 11:14 Pearman on ramp | September 19, 2005 12:03 Under the Pearman On Ramp | September 20, 2005 11:32 Cutting through girders: Nugget, a dentist in disguise | September 21, 2005 10:03 Recylcing Center (with video) |
September 21, 2005 10:20 Pio Monsini | September 21, 2005 10:20 Cutting the roadway into segments with video | September 21, 2005 15:11 Charleston's Temporary Stonehenge | September 21, 2005 17:54 Removing a roadway segment with video |
September 21, 2005 19:07 Cutting girders | September 29, 2005 7:47 The last of the East Bay off ramp | September 29, 2005 8:52 Sharon Stallings - Boat driver | September 29, 2005 15:24 Test blast (from Sparky Witte and Mickey Rogers of Advanced Blasting Services) |
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 9:13 Meet some of the Billingsley clan |
October 01, 2005 9:32 Removing the Grace roadway and final preparations for droppping the Pearman-Town Creek segment | October 01, 2005 13:52 Removing Pearman Columns | October 01, 2005 14:05 Removing the Grace Roadway | October 03, 2005 14:08 More unsung heros: behind the scenes at the Navy Yard |
October 03, 2005 14:57 Converging between Meeting St and East Bay | October 03, 2005 18:36 Some insights into how to drop a span of bridge | October 03, 2005 19:27 Neil Myers night crew at work | October 05, 2005 12:31 Dropping a Pearman column just like dropping a tree - almost |
October 06, 2005 0:00 Finishing roadway removal of the Town Creek section of the Grace Bridge | 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 |
October 14, 2005 0:00 Removing roadway from the Grace Approach | October 16, 2005 15:29 Retrieving and chewing truss segments | October 20, 2005 18:00 Bridge skeletons | October 20, 2005 23:00 Removing concrete griders over Immigration Drive |
October 20, 2005 23:57 Removing concrete girders: A view from the top | October 22, 2005 8:21 An early morning look at progress over Drum Island | October 22, 2005 10:42 Removing roadway from the Pearman off-ramp | October 22, 2005 10:53 Preparing the Pearman piers for blasting |
October 25, 2005 7:56 Clearing Grace and Pearman structures from Drum Island | October 26, 2005 8:10 The changing faces of East Bay | October 27, 2005 8:40 Progress around East Bay | October 29, 2005 0:00 Retrieving the last of the Town Creek Pearman segments |
October 29, 2005 9:28 Unbuilding the Grace roadway: Crossing East Bay | October 29, 2005 10:48 Innovation@work: roadway removal over steel girders | October 29, 2005 11:46 Dropping the cables on the Grace superstructure | October 31, 2005 16:00 Removing the piers and caps with the new 1250 |
October 31, 2005 16:32 The variety of East Bay sights | October 31, 2005 16:56 Lifting and processing floor girders | November 01, 2005 16:20 Harvesting the last girder before East Bay | 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 | 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 08, 2005 14:25 Reef Transplantation: The Testa-Cashman surgical procedure | November 10, 2005 7:04 Harvesting girders over East Bay | November 10, 2005 8:17 The 7550 harvesting girders from the Pearman ramp |
November 11, 2005 12:23 Extending the Pearman skeleton | 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 | November 14, 2005 21:05 Picking a Grace segment of the East Bay overpasses | November 15, 2005 10:03 Dropping the Drum Island cantilevered section of the Pearman | November 16, 2005 7:50 Unbuilding the Grace while marching across Drum Island |
November 16, 2005 7:57 Innovation@work: Removing roadway segments over concrete girders | November 18, 2005 7:45 East Bay Street has its own Stonehenge | November 18, 2005 11:20 Removing the Grace skeleton inside the Port | 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 | November 21, 2005 13:25 All that remains are roots and bones at the Columbus St. Terminal | November 22, 2005 13:50 The East Bay Stonehenge | November 22, 2005 14:30 Harvesting girders: Every day brings a new challenge |
November 25, 2005 12:11 A Thanksgiving Holiday | November 27, 2005 14:20 Preparations of the Pearman Piers | November 30, 2005 6:30 Loading and sequencing D-25 with explosives | November 30, 2005 9:50 Pio, Brad, Ted and Richie playing the Grace |
November 30, 2005 15:53 Imploding Pearman Pier D-25 | 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 07, 2005 15:35 The makings of the East Bay Park | December 11, 2005 0:00 Roadway and girder removal - Grace is fast disappearing | December 11, 2005 14:23 The jackup barge and a language lesson |
December 12, 2005 7:32 Pio and his Grace jazz ensemble | December 12, 2005 8:20 Bobby McCabe's Pearman jazz ensemble with a Jackup Barge | December 12, 2005 16:13 The Pearman ramp is no more | December 13, 2005 8:27 Early morning girder harvesting |
December 13, 2005 8:48 Repositioning the jack-up barge and more roadway harvesting | December 14, 2005 6:32 Early morning girder harvesting | December 14, 2005 7:12 How much sidewalk can Pio make from the Grace roadbed? | December 16, 2005 14:01 Dropping Pearman piers M1-M5 with style |
December 24, 2005 20:25 Merry Christmas and Holiday Greetings from us to y'all | December 30, 2005 9:40 Micro building and unbuilding Happy New Year from us to you | January 01, 2006 12:45 A snapshot of the Gace and Pearman skeletons | January 05, 2006 16:12 From Meeting St to East Bay - only a small Grace ramp remains |
January 05, 2006 16:30 Harvesting the last floor girders and preparing the base of the Mt. Pleasant Pier | January 05, 2006 16:45 Unbuilding Grace: a family affair | January 07, 2006 8:45 Unbuilding the Pearman ramp and preparing the observation deck foundation | January 07, 2006 9:00 More unbuilding of the Grace roadway |
January 07, 2006 9:45 The jackup barge at work | 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 | 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 | January 15, 2006 10:45 A distraction: Vehicular and pedestrian bridges of Singapore |
January 15, 2006 14:00 The Grace sand pile | January 15, 2006 15:00 Only one Pearman span remains | January 17, 2006 13:00 Unbuilding the Grace trusses | January 17, 2006 14:43 Unbuilding the Grace cantilever trusses |
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 | January 19, 2006 17:38 Sparky catches sunset over Town Creek |
January 21, 2006 8:30 From Meeting St to East Bay and back | January 21, 2006 8:50 Unbuilding the Drum Island and Port segments of the Grace trusses | 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 21, 2006 10:05 Downhill unbuilding of the Grace ramp | January 22, 2006 11:45 Mickey Rogers and his ABS team | January 23, 2006 18:50 Bob McCabe - never standing still | January 23, 2006 19:23 The all purpose Richie |
January 24, 2006 5:40 Neil Myers - the night owl | January 24, 2006 15:05 Drilling the T4 base for explosive disassembly | 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 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 |
January 28, 2006 8:26 The Mt. Pleasant pier foundation | January 28, 2006 9:18 Almost finished: Jaws and unbuilding Grace's ramp | 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 | January 31, 2006 4:10 Backing down the Grace at 4am | 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 | 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 05, 2006 10:00 Unbuilding in Columbia: Imploding a building | February 07, 2006 14:01 Blasting the foundation of Pearman pier D-26 | 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 13, 2006 17:30 Leon: Corey's dad and Pete's grandpa | February 14, 2006 10:00 Implosion of D-25 substructure |
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 16, 2006 14:20 A bit of building going on in the yard and other stuff | February 16, 2006 15:00 ABS imploding the M5 Pearman substructure |
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 19, 2006 7:45 Mammoet beams riding on the top of the Pearman | 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 22, 2006 17:30 Transition from unbuilding to rebuilding: Along Lee St between East Bay and Meeting St. | February 23, 2006 12:55 Unbuilding the great Mammoets |
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 26, 2006 7:45 Preparing Grace for dropping her main span | February 27, 2006 12:30 Dancing to Pio's music |
March 01, 2006 6:45 The Ironworkers proclaim that the Cooper River is Graceless | March 02, 2006 15:23 Sparky, a budding art photographer | 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 18, 2006 10:45 Charlie Brown and Tenacity of purpose | 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 22, 2006 15:01 T-3 and Frank say bye bye | March 25, 2006 6:30 From Newark to Singapore in 18 hour 15 min | March 25, 2006 15:23 Michael's headache and more tenacity of purpose | 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 | 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 01, 2006 8:00 Sparky's Family, Pio, Richie and Chucky (and a small sideline - the Cooper River Bridge Run) | April 03, 2006 16:10 Pio, Richie, Jackie and Michael - unbuilding Grace | 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 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 7:20 Cleanup of the Pearman cantilever and drilling C-2 and D-28 | 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 18, 2006 12:29 Mickey's team drilling C-2 and P-8 | April 23, 2006 6:54 The Starmer family has not forgotten how to build |
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 03, 2006 13:03 Unbuilding from below and above | 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 12, 2006 16:40 Rebuilding along Lee St between Meeting and East Bay | 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 19, 2006 11:10 Home for a little work, family and a bridge fix | May 21, 2006 11:21 Unbuilding P-10 - the strategy | 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 | May 26, 2006 9:30 The guys that make our web site happen | 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 14:30 Manny's secret fishing hole | 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 10, 2006 16:35 Unbuilding the C-2 Pearman bearing |
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 |
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 |
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 01, 2006 7:12 A new meaning of high reach | July 03, 2006 20:23 Sunset over the Graceless Cooper River |
July 04, 2006 9:35 The Sullivan's Island 4th of July Parade | July 04, 2006 21:30 Fireworks all around Charleston | 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 |
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 10, 2006 18:16 Down memory lane between East Bay and Meeting St | July 12, 2006 14:55 P-10 says goodbye to Charleston
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July 14, 2006 14:50 C-1 base takes a dive | 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 |
July 25, 2006 16:33 Fishing with the 995 and unloading Pearman debris at the Navy Yard | July 26, 2006 7:26 ABS University, Prof. Rogers and the CHS Bomb Squad | July 26, 2006 10:15 Final Examination for the CHS Bomb Squad | July 27, 2006 1:30 My dad passed to us many gifts and now he has passed |
August 01, 2006 7:04 Jackie, Richie, Michael, Jim and Bob. Unbuilding in Singapore | August 06, 2006 8:12 Unbuilding an HDB block in Singapore | August 09, 2006 8:04 Hammers sleep on National Day in Singapore | August 10, 2006 15:20 Touring the worksites and drilling C-3 |
August 11, 2006 8:07 Continued unbuilding of the HDB structure in Singapore | August 14, 2006 7:50 Unbuilding the HDB block almost complete in Singapore | August 16, 2006 7:08 Waking up across the street: Michael in the thinking position | August 16, 2006 19:06 New boy on the block at the Navy Yard |
August 17, 2006 7:04 From morning to evening: Unbuilding an HDB block | August 19, 2006 7:48 Unbuilding the foundation at the HDB block in Singapore | 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 22, 2006 18:10 Finishing the nearer building, wrapping the next building | August 24, 2006 7:03 Wrapping the next HDB block for unbuilding | August 30, 2006 14:36 Final cleanup at the Navy Yard | September 01, 2006 17:00 Igniting the Pioneer Spirit in Singapore |
September 08, 2006 18:20 Around the world in 36 hours with Singapore Airlines | 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 21, 2006 16:40 A bridge in Bali | September 23, 2006 12:14 A little bit of building - the midsection Grace support |
October 05, 2006 8:15 From home to work in Singapore | 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 20, 2006 18:17 Evening street scenes in Singapore's Chinatown | October 26, 2006 11:00 An aerial survey from SCDOT | October 26, 2006 12:00 Oriental Culture 101: Culinary Therapy | October 30, 2006 15:56 Blasting Grace's foot prints |
October 31, 2006 18:25 The Mt. Pleasant Pier resting on the Pearman footings | November 02, 2006 10:15 Sextet for Stan, Nugget, Carlos, Troy, Manny and Chris. | November 07, 2006 14:01 Monsoons in Singapore, Gloom in Charleston but surfers everywhere | November 09, 2006 16:35 Deep reach fishing with Michael and his 1250 |
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 | November 25, 2006 7:00 Frank and Ellen visit Liaocheng China |
November 29, 2006 0:00 Sparky and his team rebuilding what Katrina unbuilt | December 02, 2006 16:17 Sparky is back from Katrina-land to give us a bridge fix | December 03, 2006 11:23 Wildlife in Singapore: Macritchie Reservoir | December 05, 2006 18:11 Sunset over the Mt. Pleasant observation pier |
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 10:23 Ants in action at Macritchie Reservior, Singapore | December 09, 2006 18:03 Building the Mt. Pleasant Observation Pier |
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 12, 2006 17:23 Watch God build a rainbow | December 13, 2006 14:25 Roadway removal and cleaning up the Coleman Recycle Center |
December 13, 2006 15:05 Cleanup of the Pearman unbuilding | December 13, 2006 16:02 A foggy Grace worksite | December 13, 2006 18:03 The Navy yard - cleanup and the 995 | December 15, 2006 8:07 Paving the Mt. Pleasant pier |
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 | December 23, 2006 9:40 Unbuilding on Pulau Ubin, off the east coast of Singapore | December 27, 2006 9:10 The TreeTops suspension bridge in Singapore |
December 29, 2006 11:03 More practice photographing insects and some building in Singapore | January 01, 2007 9:43 New Year's colorful nature in Singapore | January 02, 2007 11:23 Happy New Year from Singapore | 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 09, 2007 16:34 Cleanup and preparation for imploding T-1 | January 09, 2007 17:16 Progress with building the Mt. Pleasant pier | January 10, 2007 16:17 Wrapping T-1 for Friday's implosion |
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 0:45 While Mickey is unbuilding big stuff - I'm trying to photograph small stuff | January 13, 2007 13:11 Michael Rogers makes his debut |
January 13, 2007 13:11 Sarah, Jordan and Ashley star on the Discovery Channel | January 14, 2007 16:10 Gone is T-2, the last of the Pearman support piers | January 30, 2007 16:41 Michael unbuilding the last Grace pier | January 31, 2007 0:00 Night views of the Cooper River |
February 01, 2007 16:00 Fog wraps cousin Arthur | February 03, 2007 10:05 Nearing completion of the Mt. Pleasant Pier | 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 13, 2007 14:12 Preparing the last Grace pier for implosion | February 20, 2007 13:45 A weekend at Lincoln's Kelong - near Batam Indonesia | February 23, 2007 18:25 Sunset over Charleston | 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 | 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 | March 02, 2007 13:37 Driling the last Grace pier |
March 04, 2007 14:00 Launching the Spirit of South Carolina | 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 10, 2007 19:10 A view of the Ravenel in the early evening |
March 11, 2007 7:50 A visit to Basel: Friends and Computational Biology | March 11, 2007 10:53 More prep for the last Grace pier | March 12, 2007 6:25 The moon sets over Basel - and a walk along the Rhine | 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 15, 2007 18:47 Nearing completion of the Mt. Pleasant Pier |
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 25, 2007 19:20 Sunset over the Mt. Pleasant Pier |
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 |