Excellent set of photos, Christine. I particularly like the one of the guy fitting the trough to the cement truck.
I did a bit of labouring on a site in Bordeaux in 1976. It's hard work, but lots of fun when concrete is being poured. The worst bit is having to get inside the cement mixer to clean it. Bob > > Hi Everyone: > > It was a $itch of a day out at the construction site: very, > very cold, > damp, and flurries. But the drilling continued on the 1st > caisson for the > super-structure (indoor parking garage & student services > building) as well > as dumping cement and the drilling for the 2nd caisson (last > 2 pics in > GESO). They will drill a total of 90 caissons. The > construction guys had > some technical glitches, & I couldn't get my 360 Pentax flash to work > right--I was very close to pitching it down that over 50 foot > hole (1st > pic). And I didn't check the K10D, so, without knowing it, I > ended up > shooting jpegs on that body--ugh. And the light of course > was dreadful > given the weather. > > Still, I had a blast. The construction guys were really nice > & had no > problem I was there. I was able to get close; & the assist. > foreman feels > more comfortable letting me roam a bit freely. At one point > he said to me: > "I'm going in the trailer; I'm freezing. Now remember, if > you fall down > that hole, Christine, we're not coming after you. We're just > gonna dump the > cement right on top of you." To which I replied, "right." > > Anyway, these pics are in color as opposed to black & white > like my 1st > construction GESO. > Comments are greatly welcome. > Cheers, Christine > > > http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/caisson/index.html > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
