Just at Sunup the pumper arrives and puts down it's feet all around and begins to extend the carrier of the cement (wonder what that is called?) Notice I now have a pole for the electric connection. Maybe that will get done today as well...will be a busy site. GOOD!
Beautiful day in Texas and the operator was testing all locations to make sure he would be able to reach every corner...it did! Very interesting to watch him control the boom.
Crew arrives and suits up with the necessary boots and still using the generator for some needs.
They totally checked the forms to see if any movement had occurred during the pluming rough-in or mesh removal or cable install. Occasionally, the guy holding the tape would tap on the forms to push them down and the guy with the transome would check the measurement again.
The concrete mix trucks would back up to the pumper and drop their load into the hopper. Some times we had two mixers feeding the hopper at the same time with one mixer cleaning out at the rock pile and another mixer waiting. Only one time did the process stop when we had to order more concrete than was expected, but mainly it went very smoothly.
The guy in the blue shirt is Brad the Landreth Foundation Supervisor on my job and the guy with the hat is Dennis Celsor, Build Green Custom Homes Consultant. The pumper is not being held at this time since it was just cleaning out the line and not at full strength.
The guy in the dark hat is the operator of the amount of cement going through the line plus he was able to control the location of the line with the device attached to his waist. The guy holding the line was very important since he controlled the spreading of the concrete. All worked together very well. Obviously they had done this before.
An important part of making the concrete go where they wanted it to was the vibrator. One guy stuck the vibrator into the corners and beams while the other support guy kept the line from getting tangled.
First portion of smooth concrete that is setting up. The cool weather made it easier for the crew to work the concrete since it didn't dry out as fast as usual in the Texas weather.
This post getting long...will continue with another one.
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