Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Three Days, Three Dollars (Huh?)






Unusual sight on site: the spreading of concrete powder to stabilize the new parking area. The powder is to absorb the water in the dirt. Something learned: the material poured in abundance between the new ground floor room on the theater site and the first floor level is a liquefied fill known as K-crete (complies with Kentucky law). It is mostly sand mixed with concrete and will support the floor beams above that triangular ditch (visible on the left side in the July 23rd photo, before the ditch was filled). The forms for raised seating area on the theater site are in place and the concrete poured. In evidence is the placing of pipes to carry the electrical lines for the house and stage lights of the theater. One can almost see the house lights dim as the audience quiets. In the same area, one of the outside doors at the foot of the cafeteria stairs is bricked up, as is the auditorium's large backstage door.
Drama these days: one of the excavator drivers inadvertently hit the main electrical line coming to the campus. Some of the power which comes in on three lines is affected temporarily. The pole, slightly leaning, is righted. While the line is hanging lower, the trucks on the hill-to-field run must stop since the wires cross that path.
The stabilization on the parking overflow lot is completed neatly, and stands ready for the next step. Another two day working period with a rainy day in between. Such is life.

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