Out for a walk today as Diane helps Shirley with paper work. Had to head over to a new construction site just a few blocks from the condo. No sooner got ther and an elderly gentleman Don stopped to tell me a bit of what was happening. A year ago this was grass and an empty lot. Today we have a huge hole ready for the new 42 story high rise. Then along came a lady and started to talk to Don and I soon realized he was a guy who knew most everyone around these parts and with a goodbye and a wave Don was gone. As a plumber and a part time contractor it was an interesting place to stand and watch the ongoing development of a strong foundation. Things like the outside hole was cut straight down, reinforced and will be use as the outside form for the foundation concrete. Hmmmm dirt to build a strong foundation against go figure ehh. Well as I watched all the action way down that hole at least 50 or more feet I could see all the different trades working together to build that strong foundation. As I stood there along comes Josee a site worker and she also took some time to tell me that they were actually over 70 feet in the ground and the four track hoes down there dug it all.
Josee says water has been a huge problem on this site and that they have pumps running all the time and she showed me the pipes that carried all the water away from the site. Josee used to word as a babysitter till one day she was directing traffic at an event and a guy asked her if she was looking for a job. She checked into it and the offer turned into a twenty year job with a great company digging and building high rise foundations. She said that today thier big trucks are away but tomorrow they will be back so for now she knows that there is lots to do to keep busy.
The smell of form oil and green concrete is great and brings back a lot of memories of the many construction sites the boys and I have worked on over the years. It is almost overwhelming the amount and size of rebar that goes into a strong foundation but very necessary. I guess it's like the word of God that becomes the rebar in our foundation. There is always extra rebar for earth quake protection, that may hit the building unexpectedly. hmmmmm. Well time to head back up the hill to Shirley's place and replace some old flooring.
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