Updated: Mon, Aug 20, 2001
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Portland Square - 8th August 2001
More foundations and another crane arrives.
Here's an overview of the site - move your mouse cursor over the image for some notes.

Here's an overview of the site - move your mouse cursor over the image for some notes.
A plan view of the foundations for Block C.

A plan view of the foundations for Block C.
The foundations for the main structural element in Block B. Click here to see what this will end up looking like.

The foundations for the main structural element in Block B.
A small mobile crane was used to assemble the base of the second tower crane.

A small mobile crane was used to assemble the base sections of the second tower crane - here you can see the second of the ballast weights being lifted into position.
Here's the first of the crane mast sections being bolted down onto the base.

Here's the first of the crane mast sections being bolted down onto the base.
The site of the new squash courts - concrete floor slab being placed.

The site of the new squash courts - concrete floor slab being placed.
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