Archive for May, 2007
Alter Foundation Wall Meets Speakman Hall
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007This morning workmen removed forms used to build the foundation wall that joins Alter Hall with Speakman at the northwest corner facing Liacouras Walk. The Liacouras-side wall is nearly complete, and crews have begun planting rebar and erecting yellow forms for the foundation wall along the Montgomery Avenue side of Alter Hall.
The video below shows members of the Biddle team removing yellow forms that will be used to complete the wall along Montgomery Avenue.
Is that Spiderman Perched on the Rebar?
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007The Wall Grows
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007Section by section, workmen connect the pieces to form a continuous wall. As each reusable form is removed, it is reinstalled around a connecting section of re-bar to build the foundation wall along
… and let there be wall!
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007Finally, after all the digging, all the shoring, all the pipe moving and excavation, we have the first tangible sign of a building … a concrete wall.

John DeAngelo