September 2014
Excavation of the light rail station box pit started slowly as the foundations of the demolished buildings had to be removed.
Excavation is starting. This is the north end of the pit.
The crane operator looking up at the load.
Digging while disassembling foundations.
There were eight excavators of various sizes working in the hole.
A beautiful blue day in September.
One of two excavators filling dump trucks.
One excavator with a hammer broke apart the concrete foundations while a second with a “thumb” separated the steel, concrete and wood from the dirt.
The people look pretty small surrounded by all of this huge machinery!
The south end of the pit.
A week later, the first two struts have been placed across the pit.
The blue crane has moved to the other end of the pit.
The south end is a bit deeper now.
The operator inspecting the crane.
A tie-back drilling machine.
Tie-backs in place and ready to tension.
Did someone drop something?
A jog in the perimeter of the hole.
A utility vault takes shape.
More dump truck filling.
A photographic archive of some recent UW construction projects
