It's now officially fab season, and you know what that means, steel splinters in the finger tips, ooo, yes!!!
What was that Marv?
"YES!"
You got it buddy.
Okay, the steel will be here shortly, mostly from Pennsylvania hopefully, CTV and Co. permitting, if not, we'll take in what we can to get started from Southern Illinois.
We need to mainly cut and precision mill all lengths first. Remember on the flanges to look for the bow and put that bow in the "deflection direction" i.e. the one that goes up and down on the bridge. If you we cut and clamp a flange that is warped in the lateral direction, it will warp the deck and make connections a bother. Better to prestress/weld the flange in the up and down direction. Milled slots will need to be in the up and down direction as well. Check with Matt before you mill a deck slot on any flange.
Phil will hopefully set up the dovetail mill program tomorrow. Matt will be there for about an hour or so before he has to jet for work. Need to get that order in before Friday the 22nd from PA. UPS baby! Let's get the maturl here.
Feliz Navidad Amigos! Relax while you can, it's relentless 'til April in San Jo!
Why did Santiago Calatrava design a bridge in Redding?
