This
reminder will follow each daily update...this is your park...do
not risk injury to yourself or damage to the surfaces..by entering the site...Please
Stay Out...
Tues
1st June....Rain...setting out the upper platform...building up the level
towards the driveway..and marking out the curved bank...
Wed 2nd June...Upper platform ready for concrete..showing curved bank's hight and shape...timber forms the corner..and a good long run up to nail your first rail....
Thurs
3rd June..Despite the rain the setting out of the driveway side levels continue...assorted
edges..and laying out the coping.....
Fri
4th June.. Retaining Wall finished to the hip corner..another level ready
to fill.. and rolling the upper platform...
Sat
5th June..Back filling and rolling the hip corner..the first signs of the
spine fill..driveway side layout getting clearer..the best run up to a stair
set Glasgow has ever seen... and another birds eye view...
Mon
7th June..Hip corner filled...ready for marking out...and the attention to
detail on the finished upper platform....
Tues
8th June..The position of the step up and hubba ledge can be seen now this
level is poured...and the A team fill..stir.. and level the hip platform...it's
a well oiled machine....
Wed
9th June..Steel pegs are driven into the workings and the coping is welded
into place..The spine gets a little higher..Excavating the curved bank..And
the completed hip platform...
Thurs
10th June....Foundations for the curved corner.. ...the second combination
set and a big overview ....note the gathering water on the right...this will
run free when that edge is finished...
Fri
11th June..The bank to corner has to support the driveway level so lots of
reinforcement..and it's all downhill from here...
Sat
12th June..Excavating the main set...and the spine gets another top up...
Mon
14th June..A bit late with the update today...an early morning skate demo..still
it went well...now..where was I...Todays pics show the slow process of forming
the reinforcement steel...and Div gets ready to skate with Tony Hawk...no
really..!!
Tues
15th June...Foundation for inner block at curved set.. steel for the main
sets hubba's.. and the joiners handywork...
Wed
16th June..The timber boxes form moulds for the ledges and hold the steel
grind edges in place as the concrete is poured in...the other pics show lots
more steelwork....
Thurs
17th June..Shuttering the curved set inner block...the first hubba with steel
edges in place..and an overview..
Fri
18th June..The spine rises..the inner block is poured and edged...the driveway
saddle will be a bank to wall on this side..and a full overview..I missed
a corner yesterday...A big thanks to the boys for making me welcome on site
every day...
Sat
19th June..Shuttering the driveway saddle...The skill of the machine operator
in fine tuning the transitions is truely impressive..and look Charlie...it's
your Dad...
June..
A look back at the projects third month..
Mon
21st June..More timber..the saddle's steel..the first hubba...and the inner
block...
Tues
22nd June..feast your eyes...
Wed
23rd June..Scottish summer..a fantastic day yesterday..a shit day today...still
the bowl side ledges see the light of day...and the spine gets it's coping...
Thurs
24th June..Despite the rain the work continues..shuttering the last ledge..the
first flat bank.. and the transition steel...
Fri
25th June..More timber work..starting the stairs..fixing the steel edge..and
even though you don't see it the mesh has to be right...
Sat
26th June.. Overcast..a dull day..yet more timber..and fine tuning the junction
between flat bank and transition...
Mon
28th June.. The first step..the first flat bank..steel in place for the second
bank..and working the level on the last side...
Tues
29th June...The first flat bank..the last ledge..filling the second bank..the
driveway top..the first section of the curved wall..and altering the bowl
base..
Wed
30th June..The change in the weather over the last few days brings it's own
problems..but still there is progress every day..yesterdays wet concrete is
todays flat bank..and the curved corner gets it's ledge....another fantastic
months work..well done boys...
