Civil Engineering Work On Hold

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Civil Engineering Work On Hold 

Although the other two ASE student teams have started up for the fall, the Civil Engineering team is waiting for the next phase of GCRS site development to wrap up. The County has been given the green light to proceed with building the road on the GCRS test site, so once the test site dries out from the recent rain, the road should be completed soon. 

When we have full access to the site, the Civil Engineering team will finish the construction of the blast wall, a fence, and a few other items needed for the test stand.
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Concrete Pouring Day 

Today we poured concrete at the test site. The concrete truck arrived at 5pm, and by 5:30 the slab was full and the rest of the concrete was in a pile on the ground. We used the leftover concrete to fill the blast wall. After the slab was smooth and the wall was full, we mixed more mortar and added several feet to the blast wall (filled with cement, of course). As we were running out of light, we took off the wooden supports that were holding the test stand retaining bolts in place, smoothed out the cement and then Nate took measurements of the final bolt locations. We will use these measurements to drill holes in the support brackets of the test stand. 


Here are some pictures from concrete day: 






This is the final test stand slab (autographed):