SMARTSCOPE News Flash: Wednesday July 31, 2002

The Final Pour.

Chris trying to shovel the concrete down the chute into the BIG form.
The reach of the chute was just barely enough.

A very important step. Vibrating the concrete to eliminate air bubbles.
And not too much, or you separate the concrete into its constituents!

The top of the big tube overflowing with concrete.
It did not stay that way long, getting a nice smoothing-out.

The last tube is getting ready for its load of concrete.
Can you guess the secret bonding ingredient?

Before the concrete set, the building anchors were precisely placed using 2"x4" spacers
That worked very well.

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