WATCH THIS!!!

SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM RAN A WEB-CAM LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE INSTALLING THE STEELWORK.

THE RESULT IS THIS GREAT FOOTAGE IN STOP-FRAME SEQUENCE OF OUR WEEK ON SITE.

CLICK ON LINK BELOW (OPEN IN NEW WINDOW):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yH79pbWIkc

JFK STEELWORK NOW INSTALLED

STEELWORK INSTALLED ON SITE

This last week has been a busy one.  Monday started at 4am and our journey to Birmingham to start work on erecting all the steelwork for the Kennedy Memorial.

Thanks to the capable skills of our engineer, Rob Longley and my two co-workers Mark and Nick we managed to raise the structure in five days.

Our very great thanks to Dave Peebles of the Custard Factory for all his considerable assistance and Mike Hopkins and his very friendly and helpful staff at South & City College who gave our steel sheets safe accommodation until they could be fixed to the framework.   

STEELWORK ARRIVES ON SITE

GALVANISED STEEL FRAMES RAISED, BOLTED TOGETHER AND FIXED TO BUILDING STRUCTURE (SEEN FROM ABOVE)

THE SEVEN STEEL FRAMES ARE NOW IN PLACE AND THE CORTEN AND STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS ARE INSTALLED

BY WEDNESDAY EVENING ALL THE LOWER SHEETS HAVE BEEN FIXED AND THE 16.500M BY 4.500M FRAME IS FULLY INSTALLED

MARK WORKING ON INSTALLING THE FIRST CORTEN STEEL LETTERING PANEL OVER THE STAINLESS STEEL BACKING SHEETS

YESTERDAY (FRIDAY 14TH DEC) ALL METALWORK COMPLETED ON AN EXTREMELY WET AND WINDY SITE READY FOR THE MOSAIC ELEMENTS  

RIGHT HAND LEGEND

LEFT HAND LEGEND

CRYSTAL PALACE ROUNDEL COMPLETED

THE NINTH ROUNDEL FOR THE SYDENHAM CENTRE MOSAIC HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED IN THE STUDIO.

IT FEATURES A KALEIDOSCOPIC IMAGE OF CRYSTAL PALACE (X4) WITH JOSEPH PAXTON (the designer of the building) AS A BRONZE BUST WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDING (of course the original site of the building was Hyde Park but it was moved to Sydenham Hill shortly after the 1851 Great Exhibition but was destroyed by fire in 1936)

KENNEDY NEWS:  We have encountered issues with pedestrian management for our installation work.  Hopefully this will soon be resolved and we are planning to be on site December 10th to erect the framework for the mosaic.  Watch this space!!

MOSAIC FINISHED IN STUDIO - STEEL WORK ERECTED IN YARD

Two events occurred this week with the completion of all mosaic sections in the studio and putting together the steel frame sections which will support the complete monument.

It's looking big!!

TEDDY'S BACK!!!!!

This last week has seen the return of Teddy Kennedy (looking over his shoulder)

and another large head, plus a lady being (literally) hounded!

EXTREME RIGHT HAND SIDE

POWER FISTS, DISTRAUGHT BABIES, COPS AND THE HOUNDS FROM HELL......

LOOKS LIKE CIVIL UNREST!

JUST FIVE MORE HEADS AND THE MOSAIC WILL BE COMPLETE.

THE LAST PANEL

The last wall areas are now up in the studio and the end is in sight