Construction Thursday 7/6 August 28, 2006
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Dumping gravel into the vibro hole sounds just like a tree snapping at first, followed by a long scree of rock sliding off the dozer bucket. Sometimes it sounds like ringing a bell as he gets a clear shot down the hole., plus a scree.
Dumptrucks taking dirt to the place up the street, which I still haven’t seen. They’re shearing away at the side walls under the sidewalk.
Husband talked to Forman, who was pissed tht nobody showed up on Saturday and Monday. The subs left a message on his machine he didn’t get until Saturday morning, and then he had to cancel all the equipment he was going to have there to get stuff done while they wre working. The reason they’re digging dirt is because they have to dig down more because they have to drill piers more
Construction Wednesday 7/5 August 26, 2006
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Bulldozer an gravel, dumptruck and gravel, the first couple of hours spent smoothing down the ramp and adding gravel after it rained. All the little subs were out there in orange t-shirts. I made sure to ask if the company gave them away and didn’t take them out of their checks. There are lots of green and orange flags down on the flat of the northwest section, tho the bulldozer must have gone over them already spreading gravel. Another bulldozer with a side-tilting bucket pouring gravel down into bored holes. Both borer and drill are working. What are they? Something hayward baker construction or something, keller.
It’s vibro piers they’re putting in. See
Mexican guys here checking up on the fence next door, now carting rolls of fencing down to finish the job.
The house shakes. Like an earthquake. I’m not sure why i can feel it now and i couldn’t before, but there’s a deep thrumming, like when i rest my foot on the computer table, only the whole house shakes. Like the footsteps of some giant.
Perhaps the pilings are the construction crew’s way of giving the earth a good fucking before building something on her.
They’re boring something like 30 feet. The bulldozer stayed until almost dark, the shaking went on. Unbearable when even noticeable.
Construction Tuesday 7/4 August 25, 2006
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Nothing. Company picnic or something. It rained heavily just before dark, and neighbors set off fireworks tho the outdoor part of their party was ruined, unlike last year, when someone got way drunk and started yelling like a cartoon character. until after 1.
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