All in a Day's Work (Part 1) - Loading Scowl with Large Stones

"All in a Day's Work" will be a five part photo & video essay highlighting the many different operations that occur during a day at the construction site. It will showcase the exciting activities as well as the less glamorous aspects.

The barge cranes equipped with large grapples grab to stones and swing them over the stone scowls. Grabbing this multi-ton stone blocks can be a bit tricky sometimes. As the video shows, the crane operator has to make multiple attempts before he gets a firm grip on some of these stones. He repositions the grapple on the boulder until he can lift the stone without dropping. Sometimes the excavator needs to reposition the stone for the crane operator. Once crane grabs the stone, it is lifted and swung over to scowl. Care is taken not to get the boulder swinging while moving it.

The three crane barges lined up along the beach staging area.

One of the grapples used to pickup large stones with.

The beach staging area is covered with large 10 to 19 ton stone blocks.

Stones lined up in the stone scowl.