Work Day Photos 2011 – 2016
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building the brick dams in the cable ways to stop water going to the lower levels
fitting steps to the KH PDU room to enable access
working hard…..
rendering the dam walls
room cleaning
debris hauling
upper room clearance
upper room clearance
Ops room clean up beings. 4 inch deep slime…..
‘assessing’
storing equipment for the canteen
Our Glorious Leader looking pleased!
New air vent
Clearing the plant room sump to install a pump
artifacts recovered from the field dig
attaching a lifting eye above the ‘big drop’ of the stairwell
sealing the leaking cable portals
incoming radar cable wall portal (usually buried)
incoming cable from the radar heads
rendering the below surface leak points
‘discussing’
work starts digging down to seal one of the biggest leak
HEPA Hoover to helpprevent excess dust being moved around
pumping the sewage ejector pit
electrical works
cable shaft retaining wall and sump rendered
cable way dam built
Installing lights
Installing electrics
starting clearing upper rooms
Most of the work team
cutting
he dug all that by hand. Our dear friend Dom, missed by us all.
bricklaying
sweeping and debris disposal
using a CAT and GENY to find equal points above and below ground to cut the new vent shaft hole
building walls
making temporary wooden walkways for room access
we actually had to dig deeper than we expected
looking in a hole (again)
looking in a hole…..
4ton digger to move a 4ton slab? no problem…..
resiting and clearing the warm air exhaust slab
hole in roof made for new air vent
air vent from the inside
end of the work day, updating the landowner
curry the night before…..
intial pumps – we now have much better ones….
Installing metal floor grilles
Installing metal floor grilles
Installing metal floor grilles
Installing metal floor grilles
Tidying up the room below the KH pit
Inspecting the KH pit for temporary support
Inspecting the KH pit for temporary support
Repairing the lighting
Creating sparks…
Tidy the now dry ops room
Removing the rotten escape stairs
Removing the rotten escape stairs
Installing new stair runners
Installing new stair runners
Installing new stair runners
New landing installation
New landing installation
New landing installation
New landing installation
Tea Break
New landing installation
New stairs
New float switches installation
New stairs
New stairs
New stairs
New stairs
New stairs
New steps down into operation room
Stabilisation of the Kelvin Hughes
Stabilisation of the Kelvin Hughes
Stabilisation of the Kelvin Hughes
Stabilisation of the Kelvin Hughes
Stabilisation of the Kelvin Hughes
