February 12, 2012

White Van Man

Every big job needs a white van man at some point. I managed to catch him this morning.

Hoylake Lifeboat Station

Yellow Diggers

Hoylake Lifeboat Station

The bright yellow diggers were in action this morning, brightening up an otherwise somewhat grey (and wet) view of the new station.

A Dark Morning On The Site

It was a dark old morning when I took this:

Hoylake Lifeboat Station

Slipway in the Water

The sea gently laps the new slipway on a wind-free morning.

Slipway In The Water

Steel Work Goes In Quick

Steel Framing After only a couple of days the steelwork goes up quick on the new station.

Steelwork Commences On Lifeboat Station

Steel Work Starts To Go InThey’ve actually started to put the walls up so-to-speak!

The new lifeboat station should start to resemble a building soon as the initial pieces of steel are being put in place.

Work Gets Underway On New Lifeboat Station

And, what better way to start than with a shiny new blue fence? Actually, today isn’t the day that the prep work has started – but it’s the first day of my idea to produce a photo diary (photo blog) of the work on the project. I wonder what images I’ll capture over the coming months?

Here’s the blue fence running along the prom:

Work On New Lifeboat Station Starts