Arrival of specialized drilling rig Initial vertical drilling Old pier-style monument ~35ft pipe installation in vertical hole Precision angle drilling Tying wire to insular sleeve Insertion of sleeve with wired wood 'stop' Hand drilling into rock outcrop Another sleeve gets added Another sleeve gets added Sleeve fully inserted, pipe sections being placed Checking alignment of monument legs Yellow hose pumping grout through pipe Through rain or snow... the grout mixing process continues Welding up the first monument Drilling for the second monument begins First monument after a night's rest Close-up view before the welds are cleaned up and treated/sprayed Vertical monument pipe/strut showing insulating sleeve Angled monument pipe/strut showing insulating sleeve Sleeve starting to be inserted into second monument angled hole ... just a bit further Adding section of pipe to piece already inserted into the sleeve... Weld up of Short-Drilled braced monument (REGINA) Laser illuminated optical target Checking for underground wires and pipes before digging cable trenches Welding threads on top of auxiliary monument Completed second deep-drilled braced monument (GODS) Cable trenches Previous Next
