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Saving the Balfour Dock building for future generations!
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01 – 06 Balfour Dock building before construction, September 2007
07 – 19 Removing the above–water wood flooring, flat truss foundation and wharf
20 – 34 New structural support pillars & metal bracing, removing part of the original pillars
35 – 40 Building a support structure for the front wall (northeast side)
41 – 49 Removing the old boiler room
50 – 53 Installation of ceiling support beams before partial removal of front wall
54 – 59 Initial removal of northeast corner of front wall and 9000 sq. ft. of floor space
60 – 67 Driving waterside piles (17 wharf piles, 90 feet long)
68 – 76 Continuation of removal of front wall and inside floor (lowered 3 feet)
77 – 104 Inside piles — drive pile, smooth edges, add linking ring and new pile, weld, inspect
105 – 116 Building the Pile Cap (1st stage)
117 – 128 Building the footing for the bulkhead — Bulkhead (1st stage); Bulkhead (2nd stage)
129 – 138 Placing concrete — Pile Cap (1st stage)
139 – 146 Deadman Wall construction
147 – 165 Strut construction — rebar cage, concrete form, finished strut, adding fill
166 – 171 At Concrete Tech — building the precast girders (rebar baskets)
172 – 192 Setting precast girders — brought by barge, set by crane
193 – 201 Building forms for Pile Cap (2nd stage), placing concrete
202 – 205 Removing temporary support structures and bracing
206 – 222 At Concrete Tech — casing hollow core panels; setting hollow core panels
223 – 235 Overlay slabs — rebar and forms, placing concrete (with Telebelt) and finishing
236 – 248 Framing new exterior walls
249 – 253 Preparing the interior floor, setting rebar and placing concrete
254 – 296 Finishing work – esplanade, exterior wall, front
297 – 325 Finishing work – interior construction
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