Workers were grouting and inspecting the hokie stone on the exterior of the building. The entire building is surrounded by hokiestone, and the workers worked independently and moved from the left to the right as they worked.
A forklift was used to bring down the dumpsters filled with trash from the upper level. This method saves multiple trips as opposed to workers simply carrying the trash, and eliminates the hazard of workers throwing their trash to the ground.
A fence was damaged sometime during the construction, and needed to be replaced. A new order of fencing was on site to replace the old, and was used to fill about a 40 foot area of damaged wire fencing. Caution tape was placed around the area for safety purposes to keep pedestrians out of the job site.
Before the hokie stone is put in place on the wall, the back and 4 sides must be squared in order to make the stone fit together. These workers are using a chisel and wet-saw to shape these stones. The chisel worker finished roughly 8 blocks in the 45 or so minutes I was at the site.
The project manager is inspecting the work on all levels of the scaffolding, starting with the cleanup (seen here) on the top floor where the hokie stone had just been finished.
Workers were grouting and inspecting the hokie stone on the exterior of the building. The entire building is surrounded by hokiestone, and the workers worked independently and moved from the left to the right as they worked.
A forklift was used to bring down the dumpsters filled with trash from the upper level. This method saves multiple trips as opposed to workers simply carrying the trash, and eliminates the hazard of workers throwing their trash to the ground.
A fence was damaged sometime during the construction, and needed to be replaced. A new order of fencing was on site to replace the old, and was used to fill about a 40 foot area of damaged wire fencing. Caution tape was placed around the area for safety purposes to keep pedestrians out of the job site.
Before the hokie stone is put in place on the wall, the back and 4 sides must be squared in order to make the stone fit together. These workers are using a chisel and wet-saw to shape these stones. The chisel worker finished roughly 8 blocks in the 45 or so minutes I was at the site.
Nice pictures of the site Mark! Really good stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are good but, I would try to include something as a frame of reference so that someone not familiar with the site would have a rough estimate of the size of the objects in the picture.
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ReplyDeleteRight place at the right time man...no snow, no rain... Good commentary, nice pictures, A+ ;)
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Nice pictures and detailed descriptions of what are happening in them. Good work.
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Nice pictures, you seemed to be able to get a pictures of a lot of different tasks. Good job=)
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I wish I would have been there on that day. I waited until Monday to visit the site and of course it had to snow so nobody was doing any work.
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