After the building demolition the site was graded and covered in asphalt. A large vertical boring machine was assembled to start drilling the holes for the caissons and pilings that would provide support for the walls of the excavation.
A large crawler crane is assisting with the assembly of the boring rig.
A smaller crane placing the mast on the boring rig.
The north end of the site before boring has started.
Boring on the east side of the site.
The intersection of Brooklyn and 43rd.
The old house on the corner is gone, replaced by a runoff water treatment facility.
The crane is holding a concrete pumping pipe into a bore hole.
Close up of a bore hole being filled with concrete. A rebar cage has already been placed into the bore hole.
A cement mixer truck filling a concrete pumping machine.
There was a hole in the NE corner of the site that I’m guessing contained a fuel oil tank which required cleaning the area out.
A view from 43rd Avenue looking north with the boring rig in the foreground
A view from the corner of 43rd and Brooklyn.
A shot taken from in front of the Cedars of Lebanon restaurant.
Looking north on Brooklyn before the construction wall was erected.
A photographic archive of some recent UW construction projects
