All of the big concrete blocks that had been brought to the site were put to use this past week as the pile testing contractor set up a frame and piled the blocks on.
The frame was set up so that the center of the load of blocks came to bear on measuring equipment that recorded the load as well as the settlement of the concrete pier, if any. The load was maintained on the pile for four days.
There are three concrete piers to be tested -- the contractor is moving on to the second one today, unpiling all the blocks and resetting the frame over the second pile.
