my most stressfull nailbiter. i had to close the 101. nightly. we drove piles across the freeway. AT NIGHT! i had more people in their pajamas yelling at me..i was a very unseasoned engineer.
we had to get the piles into the ground, and the highway reopened by 5:00 am. one mis-step and we leave a pile partially sticking out of the ground. i would be fired.
it was awesome. the decision to call it a night, or start another pile was a thing of nightmares. one night we got a pile stuck. 10' stuck in the air. we had 15 minutes to jackhammer it, pull it out, put the plates on..and let the traffic go. CHP bought me a coffee and donut. i wished they spiked it.
