1. Tank 85 Foundation • View of poured auger pile. • Setting up for next pile. • This process repeated itself 310.

2. Tank 85 Foundation • Tying the cages for the poured piling. • Auger pile boring in progress. • New cage ready to place when gout is poured.

3. Tank 85 Foundation • The grout in some piling settled and was repaired. Grout was chipped to a clean surface and re-poured. • Pouring the repair.

4. Tank 85 Foundation • Excavating to sub-grade for the mud slab. • Excavating continues while the mud slab is being poured.

5. Tank 85 Foundation • Mud slab complete and form setting in progress. Laying out support bars for re-bar work to begin. • Form setting for the slab well under way.

6. Tank 85 Foundation • First mat of re-bar placed Oct. 24/25,06 • Placing top mat Oct. 26/27,06

7. Tank 85 Foundation • Re-bar is complete and ready for concrete pour Oct. 28, 06.

8. Tank 85 Foundation • Tying wall dowels and support dowels Oct 27, 06. • Water-stop placed so it can be repositioned while the concrete is being poured

9. Tank 85 Foundation • 5AM Oct 28,06. First two loads of concrete. • Pouring with two pump trucks

10. Tank 85 Foundation • 5:45 AM, pour well under way.

11. Tank 85 Foundation • Grading in progress prior to setting panels Nov. 2,06. • Preparing to set inner ring wall.

12. Tank 85 Foundation • 7AM Sat. anchor bolts set and checked, re-bar complete, ready to pour. • Pour approximately 40 % at 9:30 AM

13. Tank 85 Foundation • Ring wall completely poured. • Ring wall stripped and grading for tank contractor started

14. Tank 85 Foundation • Liner installation well under way. • Liner nearly completed.

15. Tank 85 Foundation • Ramp in place for placing of sand and entrance of crane and materials. 11-13-06 • First of many loads of sand, 11-14-06

16. Tank 85 Foundation • Sand fill covered for the night. 11-15-06 • Compacting first lift of sand. Tested at 105-108.