CNSTRCTN VOL. VI, #5 Front and Back (or One Side and the Other)

Memories, like birds, fleeting--one must grasp and hold in heart's hands.

By way of review, here's what the elevator well (?)
looks like now post-drill.  Of course, the cylindrical item in the middle is the hole with a cover over it--that hole that required the magic drill.  The ladder gives some perspective as to depth of the well.

Now let's go to the other side of the building to see what was happening there on Wednesday.



What, another crane?  Yes, this time delivering a new generator to  accommodate the expansions of the last several years (we have another older generator).  Here it's being lifted off the flatbed truck that delivered it.  You should have seen all the maneuvers these large vehicles had to go through in order to position themselves correctly, especially the crane driver.  It was like watching a masterful dodge-ems or a dance of the titans of the road.

                                                                     

Here the generator is on a skid waiting for the final check and adjustments before it could be placed on the concrete platform that has been waiting for it for months.  Blogger missed the final move because her iPad ran too low.  As it was, the whole maneuver up to this point took at least a half an hour, and blogger must have an ungloved hand to take the photos.  It was quite cold that morning, so both the iPad and the handler were ready to come in.

Back to the other side:
Yes, bricks at last, stacked so neatly.  But you must look closely to see them behind the scaffolding in the second photo. Look at the bottom of the photo and you'll see the bricked portion of the new wall of the library.  Behind the fence-like barrier you can see all the bricks sitting on their sides (waiting to be grabbed?) and the concrete wall the bricks are covering, above the waiting bricks.
One more shot to help clarify.   Just below the ladder, close to the middle of the photo, you can see the extent of the bricklaying.  Enlarge the photo and you may be able to make it out (it is there!).
Well, it's obvious that the men made the best of the time the Thanksgiving holidays gave them.  The bricklayers were here on Friday.  If you're lost, it's okay.  Things will become clearer as we move ahead.

This is life on a small construction site, but stay with us.  Greater and more exciting things are on the horizon.