July 7, 2011 - Isolation Pockets and Full Penetration Welding

With the majority of the two steel packages in place and the second floor slab poured, workers are now tending to smaller miscellaneous items.

Now that the second floor slab is placed and the steel columns are true,
the isolation pockets at the base of the East wall columns are being filled with concrete,

Looking south down central corridor in the clinic, sterilization is to the right.
These isolation pockets at the base of the short columns are round and still need to be filled with concrete.

Welder works on full penetration welds as Special Inspector stands by.
Each one of these special Full Penetration Welds takes about half a day.
There are at least 40 of these welds required on the project.

Detail of completed weld.

Special Inspector sign-off of completed weld.
Translation: "Inspected by MT, weld is OK, June 30th"

Welder works off special platform in a hard to reach spot.

Detail of platform.

Workers preparing to pour the slab in the mechanical penthouse.