Following on from the previous article in which I described the transplanting of a maple tree, the site it occupied is to be prepared and subsequently built on as a new laboratories and classroom block arises from the er... leaf mould...
11 January 2002. The same day that the tree is moved, work begins on the site for the new building. First the plot is levelled. Mud is relocated from the rise to the right of the photograph and some is used to fill the hole where the tree came from.
By 15 January 2002 the site is flattened ready for cables, utility and I.T. network to be re-routed. Two days later some heavier machinery comes along to spread gravel to strengthen and dry out the mud and on 21 January, seen above, work begins on sinking piles to support the building.
28 January 2002. Having spent so much time and effort in flattening the site, more diggers arrive to dig trenches through the whole shebang. The foundations will go in these. The piles have had concrete poured down them - a handy hint for any sufferers out there... On second thoughts let me make it clear that the last suggestion was a JOKE!
7 February 2002. Framework is being laid down into the trenches for the concrete foundations. Plastic liners are filled with steel cages that are made from rods on-site. Trying to concentrate on complicated programming and writing code is not made easier by the many flashes of light from welding equipment...
8 February 2002. Concrete is poured from overhead into the foundations, being pumped from the side of the site. A large hole is left for the lift shaft for the building. Smoothing off is done by hand.
22 February 2002. The building framework starts to go up. Once it starts the building takes shape very quickly.
March 2002. As the new building comes closer to the I.T. office we see girders and concrete hoppers flying close by the window!
10 March 2002. The metal base for the flooring goes in. At ground floor level internal walls are started.
21 March 2002. What on earth is that man... ah... he's just holding the hose that pours the concrete onto the floor! The other end is attached to a mixer at ground level and as a crane lifts the mid section of the long hose up, liquid concrete is pumped through.
9 April 2002. The walls are starting to be built on the inside and protective sheeting is put up - effectively blocking our view of the proceedings! 25 April 2002 just over a fortnight later, the sheeting comes off.
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