Crews at Work

Work continues on the South Pavilion.

Tractor Supply is planting trees and shrubs across the back of their property.

We can see the painted lines for the new pool.  

Round circle looks like hot tub area.

South side of the park is getting some very nice brick work.  Will make sites look nice!

Cement is drying.

Cables have been tightened with tension to help prevent cracking.

Crews working on the next four courts.  

Very short video:

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Four courts poured.

Many photos here for you today!  I arrived at the scene at 1:30 a.m.  Crews were getting ready for a long night ahead of pouring four of our new pickleball courts.  This is the same crew that was here to build our present courts.

Looks like every bug in town was here to enjoy the bright lights.  I was a little disappointed, however, that we only saw a few bats enjoying the occasion.  When they poured the original courts, there were many many bats swooping through to gather the bugs.

The "magic" truck showed up around 2:00.

Its amazing to watch this truck unfold.  First big stabilizer legs spread out and then the long long long arm stretches up and out.

All is controlled by this man in the big hat.  He wears a remote control box on is belt to operate the equipment.

I wasn't the only spectator as Hank and Lillie Corbitt and Lisa Harold showed up to watch the action also.  Of course, Jim Dawson was present as well but he never stands still for a photo.  :)

Like a small precisely timed parade, the cement trucks started showing up.

Two trucks were lined up at a time so there would be a constant pour of cement.

14 truckloads for the night.

A plastic tarp was held to prevent splashing on the brick wall.

One man guides the chute while others start to smooth out the edges.

The man in the orange shirt guides a vibrator bar along the edges to prevent any air bubbles.

The screed is guided by laser levelers.

My eyelids were getting heavy by 3:30 so I went home when courts were half way poured.  Don and I returned this morning around 8:00 to see the final results.

That is certainly a long hard night for the crew.

Now Fernando's crew will complete the next section of the back wall for the other set of four courts.

Catch Up

Work continues on the new pickleball courts.  Here you can see how the soil is packed down and the frames are built.

All the leveling is done with precision instruments.

Then the cables are strung and stretched.

Lots of work needed to get everything exact.

The yellow cylinders are where posts will be placed after pouring.

The trucks are scheduled to start pouring tonight around 1:30 a.m. as its too hot to do it during the day.  The fancy truck with the long chute arrives around 1:30 to set up.  Then a trail of 14 cement trucks will follow around 2:30.  If I can manage to drag myself out of bed, I'll be there out of loyalty to all you readers.  Anyone want to stay up to keep me company??

Elsewhere today we found a huge crew of Blount Construction workers getting the new houses put together.

After the house is put together, work continues fixing up the yard.  Many tractors and shovels are being used around the park these days.  We're very familiar with the beep beep beep of the backup alarms.

Unexpected water line breaks keep our maintenance crew busy too.  

Jim and Diane Reese had an entertaining morning watching the action from their patio.

The landscaping crew is continually busy cleaning up after palm tree clipping.  Those big air blowers don't get much rest and the crew walks between all the houses to clean up the yards.

 We saw a contractor measuring and marking lines where the new pool will start soon.

That's going to be a BIG hole with lots of dirt to haul away.

It's 9:30 pm now so think I'll set the alarm for 1:30 and take a little nap.  It will be a short night.  It is 95 degrees now so it's getting a little cooler.  The weatherman said tonight that so far we've had 14 days over 110 degrees.  Whew!  That's hot.

And here's the forecast for the upcoming week: