what is that, covered with plastic in the foreground?
The stone column bases have escaped Customs Inspection down on the docks! Now erection of the steel framing can start.
But waiting on the Stones has not meant noting has been happening. Looking SW from the NE corner, a blue piece of equipment (pump and filters?) can be seen on the left. Water lines lead from there, and from the right, into a shallow "pond" where storm water will be detained.
A closer look at that blue water handling device.
On the other side of the wall, the pond has taken shape and is getting the penultimate coating. Various pipes stick up marking where water will either come in or go out.
A city inspector, standing in the retention pond, checks to make sure the drain lines are going down hill. Although the retention pond is temporary, it is where the future Lotus Pond will be located, so, with a squint or two, we will be able to get a sense of what that part of the garden will eventually look like.
Downhill towards the "wetlands", Kevin from CK Excavators is putting together an overflow drain. When the retention pond fills to capacity, excess water will drain into this perforated black pipe to seep into the ground.
Meanwhile, in other areas of the site...
Forms are being removed from the last concrete walls, those forming the basement for the toilet area.
A large trailer expands office space in anticipation of the Chinese work-crews arrival.
To the left of the entry gate, just out of view in this photo, a large tent has been erected, to provide protected work space, and in another area, the crew's temporary residential area is being laid out.
And, of course, there is never ending clean-up chores:
Wood, which is not re-usable for concrete forms, is being picked up by a re-cycling company.
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