 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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