Sheets of plywood get rigged to go up to protect the rubber roof of the convention center. The plywood gives us a safe place to land our job materials without damaging the roof.
The roof of the convention center back dropped by the Baltimore skyline.
Dan Mann, Dan McHugh, Rey Reyes and Gene Young, making up one fourth of our crew today, pose for pre-lift photos.
The area around the mobile crane is cordoned off for safety.
A metal basket carries loose supplies up top.
Steel framework called “sleds”, which will support the cellular antennas, are hoisted up and over the lower roof.
Chad Brown and Gary rig the cable reel. The cable is coaxial cable just like what is hooked to your TV, only bigger. It will carry the radio signal to and from the antennas so you can talk,text and send pictures during the Baltimore Grand Prix Race.
This reel weighs about 600 lbs.
Three of these reels have to go up to connect the cell site.
These antennas will be mounted on pipes and then attached to the “sled” and be pointed in the desired direction of the coverage area needed.
The token artsy shot.
Bob’s wardrobe provided by Armani.
Construction of the cell site on the roof is just getting started, but the Boom truck can’t stick around hogging up the street, so we pack it up and Len Davis, our truck driver extraordinaire, wheels it back to our shop in Woodbine, Md.
I, on the other hand, must go to M&T Bank Stadium to take care of some safety training for our workforce there. Another day, another dollar.
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