2 This end needed to be built up, so the shoring company had level terrain to operate the drilling rig.
3 ...by moving dirt from the other end of the hole to build this "shelf". A perilous unprotected (occupied) patio and side yard was left this way for a long time.
4 Jim experienced some 'steep' moments while buiilding the shelf.
5 The drilling rig was just unloaded when it met the fuselage of a helicopter heading South from NASNI.
6 The drilling rig is setting up.
7 while Jim puts the last few buckets of dirt on the shelf.
8 Jim P moving dirt to build a flat, stable surface for the drilling rig.
9 the crane is hoisting the first beam for the extended Ocean Blvd shoring.
10 The USS Ronald Reagan leaving port in the background with the drilling rig placing one of the "last" beams.
11 Drilling for the (almost) final beam.
12 The core drill bit is used to cut through the existing lagging (3"x12" treated wood planks) and chews through them quite easily.
13 ... ready for lagging.
14 Now the shelf, that was just built up, has to be cut down so that the lagging planks can be installed without strong danger of collapse, this is done in 5 foot increments.
15 again the shelf has to be lowered to install the next few rows of lagging, by moving many hundreds of cubic yards of dirt.
16 The faces of the previouly installed beams had to be cut off to allow new lagging planks to be installed
