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15 Jan 2009The lady part of the Beamteam is doing the tieing of the wire cages to get all the steel meshed together.pklongball
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15 Jan 2009A little closer look at how two pieces of steel are meshed to the cage and bent in a hook fashion. I guess this allows for better connection in the concrete.2 commentspklongball
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22 Jan 2009The concrete trucks arrive and the beam pour beginspklongball
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22 Jan 2009A closer look at the pour crew hard at it.pklongball
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22 Jan 2009More soup to pour!pklongball
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22 Jan 2009One of the 4 trucks to make the pour and an overview of the bathroom floor area before the pourpklongball
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22 Jan 2009A view of the forms and after they are filled.pklongball
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22 Jan 2009This was a hard 4 hours of work and the pouring crew never took a water or food break that I saw. We bought lunch today!pklongball
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22 Jan 2009Two concrete vibrators were used to pack the soup around and in the forms.pklongball
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22 Jan 2009Behind that hat and red shirt is a cute little young girl. She had the duty of keeping the forms wet and the concrete from drying too fast.pklongball
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23 Jan 2009The day after the pour and no one on site but a water lady. Her task is to show up once a day and wet down the area and keep the wood and cement wet. 3 days and they will remove the forms and begin work on the sub floor panels.pklongball
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