Week 21 Part 1- Lift Station progress

This week we made good progress on the Lift Stations by pouring lids on both of them.

Here we have the rebar in place for LS-1's lid and the crew ready to pour "mud" (concrete)-





John Gabbard is on the hose and one or two guys follow along with the vibrator-





Once enough concrete is in place "rodding" begins which involves a couple crew on a two-by-four, striking the concrete level-



Then someone works the bull float to get a better finish on the surface-



And viola! We have a smooth, fresh concrete lid on our lift station!



But it only leads to more work! Now we have to build an access vault to reach eventual ground level-



Over at Lift Station-2, on the main site, the same process is repeated-



And this is why they call it "mud"!