Starting to dig the foundation along premarked areas - Dec. 29, 2003

Footer layout for the Apex

Excess dirt piled along the ramp

Foundation layout along 27th Avenue

Rebar laid and tied in footers

A subcontractor checks the plans - Jan. 6, 2004

Footers prepped along 27th Avenue

Footers along the Apex

The elevator pit falls below sea level - Jan. 6, 2004

Installing boards to support the rebar - Jan. 6, 2004

North wall footers

Tigertail footers

To work in the deep pits, we pump out the water and work fast

Building the Apex wall - Jan. 8. 2004

Pouring the center footers - Jan. 9, 2004

Pouring the center footers - Jan. 9, 2004

Guiding the concrete - Jan. 9, 2004

The pumping system to reach where trucks can't go - Jan. 10, 2004

Pumping concrete to the Apex footers - Jan. 10, 2004

Pouring Apex foundation - Jan. 10, 2004

Hauling dirt to a neighboring property. We reused it to backfill about a month later - Jan. 12, 2004

West elevator pit - Jan. 13, 2004

Drilling east elevator - Jan.15, 2004

Column steel and elevator pit liners - Jan. 15, 2004