Follow Up Work on Girder Setting over I-90

After several weeks the girders are finally in place over I-90.

It took approximately 8 nights to set four spans equaling thirty two girders, with only sixteen left to set. As of now we are working on top of this bridge forming the deck soffit. (the form that holds the concrete.) These forms will allow the pouring of concrete to develop the roadway.

"A bums point of view" ~ ahhh home sweet home!

photos courteous of Matt Elder

Bridge Demo

This is what happens when truck drivers don't check their over-sized Loads! The bridge was severly damaged which resulted in the demolition of this bridige over I-90 near Easton.

The Hammer Test?

I was wandering around online like I do sometimes. Sometimes I will just sit and, think to myself, "what should I look up?" Then I looked down at my hands on the keyboard. My wedding ring is a bit raggedy. It shows a lot of wear and tear. Gold may not be the best material to wear when you work construction. It's pretty soft. I remember I was working on this one job and, a metal sheet actually came crashing down on my ring. It bent almost completely in half. My finger was squeezed right in the middle of it! My finger was okay but, I had to get my ring fixed of course, but, I think it may be time to check out some new mens wedding rings. I came across this cool site that has a video of some guy hammering away on some rings!
Check it out here: Hammer Test

Happy Father's Day!

Just wanted to tell you that you are an Awesome Dad!

You RocK!

We Love You!

from your, Girls ~

It's All in a Day's Work!

Working on yet another Saturday!

I-405 over I-90

Using a PC-800 excavator where a crane can't fit. Pulling temporary shoring sheets that were holding up 405. Notice how big this rig is compared to the (white) semi truck!

We used the PC-800 to vibro out the temp 40 ft. shoring pile.

Pulling the 8x14 sheets

(Photos courtesy of Matt Elder)

OfF LoAdInG...

(Photos courtesy of Bill Miller)
Here's a rare siting of a superintendent working! Picking them off as the arrive.

Continuing to set girders throughout the nights.

NiGhT CrEw...

(Photos courtesy of Bill Miller)

Setting the Girders over Southbound 405 over I-90 at night, due to freeway shut downs. The crane in this picture is a 500 ton, the other crane you don't see is the 450 ton. These are used to pick and set girders that weigh approximately 180,000 lbs. a piece. When project is complete this will be the new overpass for Southbound 405 over I-90.

What a Construction Guy Does On His Time Off...

Trip to Huntington Beach California

The view from the plane.... Mt. Hood from the plane... Surfing.....

Huntington Beach Pier The View from Our Room My wife on the beach..Lucky ME!

We had a Great Time!

Setting Girders -

Here we have the last setting of the girders over I-90. Girder setting is half way complete.

(Photos courtesy of Bill Miller)