December 19, 2006: Part two of the Grace Superstructure
Part 2 - The worksite
Nugget on this way up
Carlos - always looking out for everyone
While Lewis positions himself to start unbuilding the 1st section
Lewis - foolin' around with the shackles
and removing the lift cables from the first section
You can always tell its Lewis - blue is his favorite color.
(Check out
Lewis on March 18
and
and 3 months later,
June 7 when Ken and Mickey were using the collar to
guide the substructure drilling)
A small smile from Carlos
A very interesting photo - Lewis in position 3, the prone position,
while Carlos is scoring the position - in this case, Lewis gets and 8 out of 10
Lewis decoupling another shackle
as seen from below - both worksites
From a different angle
Nugget in position 1, the riding position
Just like a medical operating theater - everything in its place
With Paul carefully watching
Chris in his 7550
supporting the last part of the Grace superstructure
Manny
and Lewis
Another view of the worksite
and Robbie with a smile while Nugget is very happy about something
Manny moves the lift cables into position. You can see the holes
in the tops of the girders for placing the lift cables
Nuggest grabs one
while Carlos cuts a hole
Moving the lift cables into position while Chris stabilizes the
total structure
Randi from SCDOT, definite improvement over Lewis's blue shirt
and Rick Larsen - demonstrating an alternate stabilization procedure
Manny's cables are in the 2-b-connected position - Carlos on the
far side with Robbie and Nugget on the near side
as Carlos pulls one into position
You can see Nugget working on this side with the cable end
passing through the hole in the girder
Randi practicing for the next episode of Project Runway
Carlos and Robbie with a new, undocumented tandem position - #13
and the cutting starts
A good view of Manny's support cables, cutting in the middle and
Chris' stabilizing position
More cutting
Carlos cutting while Robbie supervises
While Nugget is cutting on the other side (hidden)
and end view of the worksite
and Nugget just being Nugget
Robbie checking the cables
Close quarters cutting by Carlos
more cutting
and also on the other side
A better view of Nugget making his cut
And a good view of the stabilization provided by Chris and Manny
A variation of the tandem position - Robbie in the sitting supervisor
position while Carlos cuts
and making good progress
Carlos almost completing his top cut
A quick inspection - and ready for Manny
who starts his playtex procedure: lift and separate
Free and clear
Manny rotates
and down it comes
down
with Paul directing traffic
Paul and Lewis positioning the section
Its down
and Manny is pleased