Concrete pouring

Here is the video of yesterday's doings! I love the motto on the boom of the concrete pump - "If we can't reach it nobody can". The fellow in the blue coveralls has the remote that controls the unfolding of the pump boom, directs it into the forms, and controls the speed of the concrete flow. A small crowd of neighbourhood kids (and adults!) gathered to watch. It took three cement trucks to come to fill the wall forms (should have taken 2 but the first truck didn't have a full load). The noise is partly the concrete pump and partly the vibrating rod that the workers are pushing down into the concrete as it pours - this makes sure it settles evenly, with no big bubbles that would create weak areas in the walls.