January 28, 2006:
Downhill unbuilding the Grace
The Grace worksite - working backward down the ramp
Roy, Sonny and Richie
while Steve is cutting the next 6 segment grid of roadway segments
Sparks fly while Steve cuts through the angle iron cap of the left shoulder
A milestone - unbuilding the main span and cantilever roadway is complete -
and now, just Grace's skeleton. In the foreground, you can see the
grid of roadway segments that Steve just completed.
While Steve is cutting, Pio and his jazz ensemble see a pair of dolphins
Roy mounts his tonka-on-steroids and reaches under the left roadway segment.
I was so impressed with Roy's graceful management of
the roadway segments that I synthesized a
video (4 Mb mpg) that displays the entire sequence.
gently lifts the segment
gently picks it up
rotates and
gently lays it down
then rotates back for the next section
And of course, no meeting with
Pio's team is complete without a view of jaws