September 16, 2006:
Releasing Grace's grip on her foundation
This is part 3 - Detaching Grace from her foundation. In part 1
Chris, his 7550 and his iron-worker acrobats removed the roadway support girders
from the top of the pier. In part 2, we
watched Chris, Lewis, Carlos and Robbie do a little divide and conquor
act. They removed the midsection of the Grace pier. Here, the detach
the pier form the concrete base and then Chris does a lifting act.
The worksite - adjacent to the Sea Breeze Marina boat storage area
Here Carlos is inspecting the coupling to the concrete footing.
And then starts his burn
and it looks like the paint decides to burn
Cutting around another footing
Carefully
then from below
Robbie is working on around another of the footings
again, carefully cutting
Meanwhile, Chris is stablizing the entire structure
Once free, Chris gently lifts the structure off the concrete footings
a little rotation action
A good look at Chris at his best
then gently lowering the section
down to the ground - with Lewis (?) directing traffic
And down it rests
ready to continue unbuilding - first detaching the support cables
and the section is free