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Photo Essay: Page 2
Bricklayers, Laborers, 49ers assemble Cobalt project, piece by piece
February, 2006
Photo essay by Steve Share, Labor Review editor
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Right: the Manitowoc 2250 crane lifts a floor plank into place. The Spancrete hollow core planks weigh 1,875-15,575 pounds and measure 5'10" to 49'2-1/2" in length. |
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Above: Communicating with the crane operator below via radio, members of Bricklayers Local 1 guide a massive precast concrete floor plank into place.
Below: Next, using levers, the workers wedge the floor planks into place. Grout will fill in the spaces between the planks. Another four inches of poured concrete then will go on top.
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Left: Ron Schmid, a 12-year member of Bricklayers Local 1, is a foreman on the job site All the foremen are Bricklayers. "When you've got a crane swinging stuff you've got to be on your toes and pay attention," he said. "It's a lot of action." He added, "if everybody does their job, it goes quick."
As workers fit the precast concrete pieces together, Schmid said, "we're within 1/16 of an inch."
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Above: Brian Johnsen, a member of Laborers Local 563, watched as a small crane lifted a colored exterior wall panel.
Below: Johnsen next guided the panel into place by hand. "We've got about 1-1/8 inches on both sides," he reported to the foreman.
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Above: Aaron Hendryks, also member of Laborers Local 563, stands atop a ladder to guide the piece into place with a crowbar.
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