Belated March 11, 2011 Update…

I did get to visit the Friendship Fountain site this past Friday, sorry for the delay in updating this post…

More progress was evident with additional concrete in place extending from the new main palm tree walkway and forms for additional concrete in place, Larry the on site Project manager told me he is pushing to get all the remaining concrete pours done so they can concentrate on the remainder of the work.

Paver laying continues on the sections of poured concrete and you can see that the plates that allow access to the piping of the Fountain itself have been replaced from my last visit.

The water main feeding the Fountain has been repaired and the concrete cylinders for mounting the in Fountain lighting have been placed in their approximate final locations in the base of the Fountain.

The new railing for the section of the Southbank Riverwalk adjacent to the Fountain has been put into place, and the Riverwalk is open to traffic again.

Oh did I mention the “odis” building…

Also got some nice shots of the piping in the pumphouse, the lighting was much better then previous shots and another panoramic however the sun glare was so bad that I had to guess on the images and it ended up being ghosted…

Progress continues and by all accounts on schedule for a May/Jun completion, Larry says May however I don’t want to paint a picture that is too optimistic however I have already had visions of visiting the completed Friendship Fountain park and seeing families and couples strolling along the new walkways, under the palms while others are having picnics at the new picnic areas…

Not to mention the view of Friendship Fountain with all water features fully operational again 🙂

Till next time,
Bob

Comments are closed.