It was a quiet, rain-soaked, end of week on the building site with the main action focused on finishing the storm water drain at the rear of the building by installing the “24 junction pipe” – (I’m sure there’s a better name for it) where the new storm water tanks will eventually connect to the drainage system.
The installation was a hazardous operation, not only from the normal work safety perspective, but also because it demanded the careful removal and then re-installation of a small segment of fence between the ODEC property and our neighbor. The removal and re-installation works were trusted to no less an expert than the Higgerson Site Superintendent himself, and through his skillful labors it seems to have gone off without a hitch (hopefully I’m not tempting fate!!). Whilst Precision Pipe were installing the junction pipe Higgerson got on with the job of turning the rear of the building into a beach as they started to lay and compact the sand that will underpin the concrete pad for the rear wing structure. For me the exciting thing about the pad is it is first part of the construction that is actually above ground, albeit a mere 18” but it is a start, and watching the choreography of the dump trucks, excavator and heavy roller has been a delight (I keep hinting about driving the roller but so far no takers!). I need to end with an apology. It has been, quite rightly, pointed out to me that sometimes I sway into colloquial English and use terms that might not be so familiar to everyone. When I’m guilty of that please forgive me and to mitigate the problem in future, I will add a short addendum to each blog with an explanation of any colloquial terms I’ve used and to start that by looking back to a previous blog: “Rubber wellies”: “rubber wellington boots” or just “rubber boots”. Stay safe, stay healthy! David Beach
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6/4/2020 04:45:02 am
Greetings, David. I appreciate your construction updates. As a lover of history and construction machinery, I hope you continue with the colloquial English as I am quite taken with it.
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AuthorDavid Beach is our Building Project Manager, and has been an active part of our parish family for more than a decade. He is retired from NATO and the British Army and is a joy and blessing to all of us. Archives
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