April 12, 2006:
Pearman Drilling and Cleanup
Not only is there the P-11 to P-13 dropping of Grace's truss, but
there is Pearman retrieval of the east Pearman cantilever as well
as Mickey's guys are back drilling - C-2 with the jackup barge and
the D-28 substructure with the John Henry
A nice view of the Grace and Pearman Cantilever trusses
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_046_pearman_grace_cantilever.jpg)
from a different position
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_052_pearman_grace_cantilever.jpg)
One Sparky's way out to the Grace worksite - he passed some of the
recently retrieved Pearman truss debris
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_020_pearman_debris.jpg)
A submerged section
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_099_pearman_retrieve.jpg)
and retrieval
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_093_retrieval.jpg)
and more stuff
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_106_pearman_debris.jpg)
cleanup - which is retrieve, bite, chew and pile it up
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_271_pearman_cleanup.jpg)
a shear bite
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_272_pearman_bite.jpg)
one word: Jaws
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_273_pearman_close_bite.jpg)
a closer view of a shear bite
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_276_pearman_close_bite.jpg)
While cleaning up, Capt. Bill (I would guess) is repositioning the
jackup barge so that Mickey's guys can resume drilling on C-2. Here
is 11:07
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_318_pearman_jackup_10_07.jpg)
11:09
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_322_pearman_jackup_10_09.jpg)
11:12
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_330_pearman_jackup_10_12.jpg)
11:15
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_335_pearman_jackup__10_15.jpg)
11:41 - in the working position
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_337_pearman_jackup_10_41.jpg)
Drilling and blowing
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_343_pearman_c2_drilling.jpg)
11:44 Drilling C-2
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_351_pearman_c2_drilling_10_44.jpg)
Meanwhile, over at D-28 (Jodi - this comes after D-27) the
John Henry is drilling vertical holes for imploding the D-28 substructure
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_373_pearman_john_henry.jpg)
and another view of D-28 and the John Henry (is Silas doing the drilling?)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_382_pearman_d28_john_henry.jpg)
But you know Sparky - a budding young artist who cannot resist
inside looks at anything - whether at the macro-level (watch the blast)
or micro-level (explore the inside of a truss section)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_362_pearman_debris_inside.jpg)
Sparky art
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_364_pearman_sparky_art.jpg)
More inside looks
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_369_pearman_inside.jpg)
Sparky is just an inside kind of guy
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/apr_12_370_pearman_inside.jpg)