January was a bit rainy and so progress was stalled a bit, but Chesney and his crew got back to it around the first of February and progress has been good. All of the trenching has been covered over now and all of the framing is in place for the pouring of the super-slab. Below you can see the 4 sonotube forms (12" diameter on 15' centers) that will serve as the basis for a heavy duty outdoor patio cover. Each of these tubes has an epoxy coated rebar framework inside. At the top you can see the 304 stainless 3/4" threaded rods protruding which is how the double thick 2"x12"x16' lumber will be connected around the perimeter. This is huge overkill, but we live in a hurricane zone and the roof will be carrying solar panels and other infrastructure. Bottom line, I will build it so that it would take a nuclear blast to bring it down and then never have to worry about it in the future.
This first pour also did the light pole bases. That hole is 3.5+ feet deep, solid concrete with a rebar structural frame. It's amazing how much concrete is needed in order to handle the wind load of a 25' tall steel light pole. As mentioned before, these pole are probably 300lbs or more each. They are commercial grade. The light pole that goes on top of the base below will have two 120vac powered LED street lights lighting up the dock and a good portion of the seawall. In addition, this light pole has been plumbed for hot and cold water from the boat shed as well as cat 6 Ethernet in case I want to mount a camera on the pole.
The light poles have a 1/2" steel base which will be held in place by 4 stainless threaded rods with an L bent into the submerged end similar to the gazebo roof, but pointing straight up. These ones are close to the salt water so I sprung for the 316 stainless for these instead of the 304.
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