Tuesday, April 29, 2014
two large excavating rigs tear exterior off law library building

The vibration monitor has been installed and the exterior demolition is being carefully watched and measured with this equipment. It's a grim, wet, cool spring day and the large excavators with supersized shears are back at work, crunching up the concrete, slicing steel and ripping down building materials. Salvageable materials are separated for recycling.

"Demolition is continuing and the reinforcing of the existing pavilion structure is taking place," says Eastern's project manager Dean Walker. "The shoring will commence in a couple of weeks with caisson footings to follow. These caisson footings at the far end of the building will carry the weight of the cantilevered part of the new structure."

In the mean time, the crew is busy finalizing the structural demolition and building cut lines. Watch the crew in action on our live webcam feed.