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Blue Waters - the foundations

Lets start the big dig

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The Bluewaters that are coming


02. 30 Aug 2007
A new signs on the sales office


03. 30 Aug 2007
Hoisting the flag


04. 25 Oct 2007
The gateway to the site


10. 26 Oct 2007
The dog-walkers check up every day


07. 26 Oct 2007
A membrain over the whole working part of the site


14. 31 Oct 2007
Gravel is spread over the membrain to give a firm working surface


08. 26 Oct 2007
The site office arrives


12. 27 Oct 2007
The cement handling plant


16. 5 Nov 2007
The pile boring rig arrives


18. 5 Nov 2007


19. 6 Nov 2007
The first batch of cement


23. 6 Nov 2007
Preparing the reinforcement rods


20. 6 Nov 2007
Drill a hole a foot wide about 12 feet deep. Withdraw the drill and pump in concrete as it comes up. Push the reinforcement down into the hole
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21. 6 Nov 2007
Clear the spoil away with the digger


26. 29 Nov 2007
The kirbside foremen


29. 11 Dec 2007
the drilled piles exposed for the next step


31. 11 Dec 2007
remove the surplus cement from the top of the piles


38. 13 Dec 2007
a hydraulic ring is placed over each pile, driving spikes into the surplus concrete at the top of the pile to break it away


37. 13 Dec 2007
How it looks when the hydraulic macine has done.


42. 14 Jan 2008
A manual clean up with a pneumatic drill leaves it like this


48. 25 Jan 2008
Reinforcement rods in place across the top of the piles


44. 14 Jan 2008
The carpark at the end of Sea Lane today


41. 14 Jan 2008
The car park looking south.


32. 14 Jan 2008
The warning that the carpark has to go. At least till June


46. 25 Jan 2008
The wall of the site is extended over the car park


45. 19 Jan 2008
About this time the 2,000 tons of timber was washed up on the beach.

 

 
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