I was down with the Flu. A combination of a) abnormally late nights out in cold January desert, b) a string of unsuspected extra holidays, c) sudden freedom on wheels, and of course d) that long mission trip to Fujairah where the carpet bugs hit.
For two days my long hardened (yeah!) body was battered to the bed with only a couple litre of mineral water bottles and suspiciously ineffective band of medicines. Someone might have come by and done several amputations to my limbs without me realizing it. Only by the third day, I finally managed to drag myself to sit up and look around the cell like bedroom, kicked the empty mineral water bottles out of the way and walk out to the kitchen room.
On the fourth day I watched DVD - Family Man : starred by Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni. I managed to hold on until the last few scene when the character Jack shouted across the crowded terminal departure gate in his last attempt to convince Kate to stay (for a cup of coffee? Not!) - "we are married, we lived in Jersey, we have two kids. Annie is precocious because she speaks her mind....." I could hold it anymore!
Must be the Flu!
Excess earth on the bottom of the -3 meter were cleared away to prepare the shoring for panel installation.
Upon reaching -3 meter level, the concrete panels for shoring began to be installed. Each panels were slotted in one on top another as the bottom slid down.
A nice verticle embankment after the panels were neatly installed. Next will be the Dewatering!
As the H-beams been driven and the surrounding areas been excavated, another phase of the Shoring works started to take place.
Concrete Panels of 1200(w)x1000(h) began to be delivered.
Smaller JCB was used to trim further the spaces between the H-beams. In an almost vertical manner, excess sand material were cleared to make way for the installation of the concrete panels.
As the Crawler moved sideways driving down the H-beams for the shoring, Excavation works commenced from the center portion. The Activities now resembles a real construction site, after many months of idling.
Big Trucks came and gone within a matter of minutes. Just imagine small kids playing in the sandbox by the seaside and scooping large quantity of sand away to dig holes or build sand castles. How easy it was. The same here.
In no time, the site has changed its elevation to -3.00 meter.
The Crawler began shoring pile operation by driving 12meter H-beams into the ground along the perimeter of the site. Here was the first test driving of H-beam done in the middle of the site to establish the correct speed and soil bearing conditions.
It took half a day to complete this first stretch. But then please don't look at the trees! We had to 'trim' the trunks and parts that 'interfered' with the vertical locus of the green pile machine hanging from the crawler rig.
1.2 meter approximate distance between H-beams to receive 1.2meter(w) x 1.0meter(h) concrete panels before the excavation operation.
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