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Wednesday 11 September 2019

Dying and Ditches

Work pushing on at great speed today with the final steelwork.

The last few steels are difficult because of their weights and the fact that two support columns must  be secured accurately to concrete foundations deep underground.   Here, the steel support for our one-time bridge. right, has been temporarily re-purposed to hold half of beam #4 at the correct height.  The two old-hands in yellow, Trevor (l) and Chris, are both joiners by trade but joinery skills are just what is needed here.

Meanwhile, I could not resist sharing today's Daily Telegraph Matt cartoon which seemed relevant on a couple of counts:

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