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Rex Carpenter
Grenelefe, near Haines City, FL
A resident of Grenelefe Golf Resort
Interests: Grenelefe, golf, photography
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Putting in Fill on West Seawall Continues
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More pictures in photo album (right column) labeled Week 16 Progress. Continue reading
Posted Sep 9, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Fills Completed on East, North Seawalls
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Filling the space between the old and new seawalls with crushed concrete has been completed on the East and North seawalls. Continue reading
Posted Sep 9, 2010 at Grenelefe
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More Filler Dumped Between Seawalls
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A powered wheelbarrow is guided into place where it will dump a load of crushed concrete between the old and new seawalls on the west side of Abbey Lake. Water is sprayed on the crushed concrete as it is poured... Continue reading
Posted Sep 8, 2010 at Grenelefe
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All Well Points Installed
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This past week the Waterfront Engineering crew completed the installation of the well points. Pictured are three of several hundred that have been installed to drain ground water through both the old and new seawalls when necessary (generally following a... Continue reading
Posted Sep 5, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Filler On North End of East Seawall
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Posted Sep 3, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Crushed Concrete Delivered
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Today, Thursday, September2, the first load of crushed concrete was delivered. It will be used as a filler between the old and new seawalls. They will be starting at the south end of the East seawall. Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Concrete Cap Completed
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Today (Tuesday, August 31) the Waterfront Engineering crew completed the concrete cap on the new South seawall which competes all the concrete work on the new seawall around Abbey Lake. After the concrete has cured for a few days, the... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Part of Old Seawall Cut Away
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Part of the old South seawall is cut away to make room for the braces for the bottom forms for the concrete cap on the new seawall. Today (Wednesday, August 25) more concrete was poured for the new South seawall... Continue reading
Posted Aug 25, 2010 at Grenelefe
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All Anchor Rods Driven
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All the anchor rods for the new seawall have now been driven into the ground or attached to buried concrete "deadmen" by the Waterfront Engineering installation crew. Here they are attaching braces on the new South seawall for the forms... Continue reading
Posted Aug 20, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Forms Ready for Concrete Cap on West Seawall
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Concrete for the cap will be poured Thursday (August 19) in these forms near the end of the West seawall. In this picture it can be seen that the cap and some of the old seawall had to be removed... Continue reading
Posted Aug 17, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Work Continues on West Seawall
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Building of forms and installation of anchors continue on the new West seawall. (More pictures in the photo album labeled "Week Ten Progress.") Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2010 at Grenelefe
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More Saturday Work
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Another hot Saturday today and the Waterfront Engineering crew again were hard at work putting in more braces to hold the forms for the concrete cap on the West seawall. Although anchors have yet to be put in for this... Continue reading
Posted Jul 31, 2010 at Grenelefe
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More Concrete Poured on West Seawall
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During the ninth week of the seawall project, more concrete was poured for the West seawall's cap. (The dark grey area in the photograph.) The forms and braces used for this part of the seawall are being removed for use... Continue reading
Posted Jul 29, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Concrete Poured for West and North Seawalls
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Today (Wednesday, July 21) concrete was pumped into the forms for parts of the North and West seawalls. The worker on the left is handling the hose through which the concrete is being pumped. Following immediately behind him are two... Continue reading
Posted Jul 21, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Project Leaders Satisfied with Progress
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The project leaders (from left) homeowners' project director Rob Robertson, Waterfront Engineering president Danny Anseeuw, and project engineer Rube Clarson of St. Petersburg met Thursday morning (July 15) to review the current status of the construction of the new seawall... Continue reading
Posted Jul 15, 2010 at Grenelefe
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More Concrete Poured, More Anchors Installed
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Today (Tuesday, July 13, Week Seven of Project) more concrete was poured, completing the cap on the East seawall and the North Seawall. Meanwhile, more anchors are being installed on the West seawall. More pictures taken today can be seen... Continue reading
Posted Jul 13, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Beginning of Concrete Cap on New Seawall
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During Week 6 (July 5-10), about 400 feet of the concrete cap on top of the new seawall was poured. Forms for the completed concrete work also were removed. The anchors that extend from the cap into the ground behind... Continue reading
Posted Jul 11, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Ready for Concrete
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The first section, on the East seawall, is ready to have concrete poured. Meanwhile, the Waterfront Engineering crew is putting in the anchors in the next section, the remainder of the East seawall and the North seawall. (New pictures of... Continue reading
Posted Jul 1, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Opposite Side Forms Placed
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Forms for the opposite side of the concrete cap have been built on one section of the new East seawall. More detailed pictures in photo album for Week Five. Continue reading
Posted Jun 30, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Contractor Explains Process to Your Photographer
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Danny Anseeuw, president of Waterfront Engineering, Inc., explains to your photographer the next steps in the process of building the new seawall around Abbey Lake. He and Eduardo (behind Danny), the on-site working foreman, are checking the rebar which will... Continue reading
Posted Jun 29, 2010 at Grenelefe
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More Anchors Installed
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The Waterfront Engineeing crew worked Saturday, continuing their efforts to install more anchors for the new seawall. (More pictures in Week Four photo album.) Continue reading
Posted Jun 26, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Filler Between Seawalls: Broken Concrete
Rob Robertson, the homeowners' seawall project director, informs me that broken concrete will be used as the filler in the narrow space between the old seawall and the new seawall. Continue reading
Posted Jun 25, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Anchors Going In
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Today (Friday, June 25) the Waterfront Engineering crew began the process of driving in the anchors for the new seawall. (More pictures in the Week Four photo album. Link located in the right column on this page.) Continue reading
Posted Jun 25, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Braces Put In for Forms for Concrete Cap
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Today (Thursday, June 24) the Waterfront Engineering crew began putting in the braces needed to support the forms for the concrete caps which will be poured later. The braces are screwed to the new seawall panels. Before the cap is... Continue reading
Posted Jun 24, 2010 at Grenelefe
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Click on Photos to Enlarge
The links to the photo albums are listed on the right side of this page. To enlarge the pctures in the albums, right click on the thumbnail picture. Continue reading
Posted Jun 21, 2010 at Grenelefe
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