excavation proceeding in zones two and three. zone four again all the water -- all the water treatment plant equipment has been removed. the trestle bridge is started. as of last friday was completed with all the deck cover laid out. they still have welding and work to do underneath, so work is progressing significantly in zone four as well. shots of the work going on in zone four. and of course i mentioned the awss work continues. you can see how congested things are in trying to build the new boxes for the pipe and work around the other utilities. this work was taken place at mission and first street. we still running overall the 63% mark on local labor. there are the break downs through the end of april, and as far as trade break downs also through the end of april 1300 unique individuals having recorded time on the project. and again this is just the transit center work and the utilities work. it doesn't include the previous demolition or the temporary terminal work. are there any questions? >> director harper. >> yeah. a cou

we hope to keep that up and the bracing work and the excavation over all is about 65 percent complete. and we have seen great progress on that in zone one about 87 percent complete, zone two, micropiles have started and are at 16 percent complete, and to date, none of the micropiles have failed in their post installation testing so that is moving along very well. again, big highlight and construction site is just this last weekend with the bridge installation, no complaint. and we got that going on monday, so the team particularly web corp and the subcontractor did a great job on that and certainly the neighborhood appreciated it and most of that is over. the ground system and the geo thermal started this week with the first installations in the west end in zone one and in zone four, and i will show you the picture the buttress contractor is completely gone now. so that picture changed yet again, unlike the other times that i showed you the picture and it never changed. >> a big milestone on the auxiliary water system, between first and second street, started at second and worked east

some of the other items the first map pour is on track in zone one completing the excavation in first quart of 2014 is still on track and so on through the activities. the bse timeline getting towards the end of that with the completion of the traffic binge bridges and the excavation is 70% complete on. >> >> and on track for the beginning of 2014. as we go into the below grade work and up through the lower concourse and the horizontal land improving and the foundation walls and slap and box walls and we're in the beginning here with the and i will show you pictures and this will allow them to move into that waterproofing. the excavation status i know it's difficult to read, but it has the micro-piles which are in red if they're not completed and grayed out if completed. on the lower left hand side those are where the must be slabs are pored and turned over for the below grade work. the areas in the upper left hand corner is the next mud slap pours and that will be turned over to them by line five or six. give them about six bays to work on the first foundation pour. just some progres

there is a second excavator. they have to transfer buckets. do you think they have baggage fees. >> one carry on. >> can you imagine if this is your commute to work? sorry, i am late, the excavator line was extra long. >> they get everybody loaded up and this it pivots itself around and flops the people on the other side. >> is this an emergency evacuation. >> it appears it isn't some sort of every day occurrence. it being loose like it is overrun here. they can only take a bucket full of people at a time. it is a long process. >> there are a lot of people waiting to do this. i commend them for waiting patiently. >> here we get a wide shot and you can see both excavators working and how the whole thing is going down. did anybody notice the pipeline or bridge like structure in the background? >> like they're currently building a bridge and looks like they had a land bridge in place while the actual bridge was being built and looks like that land bridge got washed out. >> where is the hashtag line? >>> we're about to witness some varying degrees

>> no one is in the car but keep watching because this giant excavator is taking this mercedes down. he demolishes it. it's flattened like a pancake. >> that looks like it was set up. >> according to reports, this incident happened over a disagreement with the boss on this construction site that the guy behind the wheel of the excavator had a problem with something the boss did, and this, according to reports, was the boss' mercedes. ♪ >>> airport layovers. it's like time stands still. but here's a good way to pass the time. >> i love it. >> they pull out their tennis racquets that they obviously had with them. took the rental cart thing you use for luggage, made an improvised net and passed the time in a challenging, fun way. >> there's only so much stuff you can do on your dumb phone. this is way cooler. way better. >> you are going to be sitting in a plane anyway. you don't want to sit in that terminal for hours. get up. get blood flowing. >>> people outside a penitentiary in brazil were met by a very aggressive escapee. this goat was not happy about these people apparently being

this job is a very complicated, very difficult, one-of-a-kind belowground station excavation project. we did not get a lot of local enterprise quotes on the major categories because it's extremely complex and larger. one of the largest subcontractors is a local subcontractor. we did everything within our power and are still open to local businesses who really have an interest in providing service on what's remaining to be done. your agency has all the quotes we took from local businesses; i think you would be interested to find out that there weren't that many quotes despite all the rhetoric to the contrary; we did everything within our power to incorporate them. we have a saying, if you don't bid, you don't work. >> excuse me just a second. in the spirit of what people are saying here, sounds like you are saying the local businesses cannot do the work. >> i'm saying that this is an complexity of the job, there are that many categories were we can utilize local businesses. in the final analysis we held those same meetings and we got a certain number of quotes; we turn in all the quote

archaeological excavations that people have done but signed the research i've done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can literally touch history. and to draw these ancient objects from. different things that they found and i need to document this way as here helped kill a good part and you have to be very precise spending these drawings it's not like normal and during where you might miss out some things hey you need to every every mark is important for that. leaving to be and to be behind the theme of the hermitage and to see the. good public feel the best research. which i would have no idea that there were so many selves and shelves of all these different i. think most people wouldn't even. know about what was going on behind. sometimes thank the volunteers by giving them free tours for example a tour is a new storage facility in the old vi

given the fact that major construction of tunneling and station deep excavation has not started at this point of the project is prudent to have large contingencies for project with high risk as the fta acknowledges. in 2009, the fta recommended a contingency of 20%, 330 million dollars. the report they wrote in 2009, they said there was an 80% chance this project would cost 2 billion or a 420 million contingency. in the consultant's report, the average has been 39%, requiring a contingency of 600 million. this project will go over budget. >> mr. chair. commissioners, al norman, -- bayview contractors. i am against your awarding the contract to tutor perini. the only way you work for them as they take your number; you don't think there's. the majority of the people who get left out are the ones for whom you paid these laws. we ask you not to award this contract,; you will not get participation from anybody. those are the same contractors i work for 10-20 years ago and i got in trouble just working for them. i am asking you not to word this contract. it is not worth it. what happened to u

over the summer museums to conduct excavations in russia's regions and inflate everyone to take part in less experience if this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifty years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sites remain unknown usually in the archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done but signed the research i've done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can literally touch history. and to draw these ancient objects from. different things that they found and i need to document this way. here help kill it's good part and you have to be very precise spending these drawings it's not like normal and drawing where you m

also for all the excavation these folks that lived on the property. it should have been filed proof for management plan, for management practices in the state of california. it has changed the drainage on that slope and it's taken away the ground cover that was required and it's always affected the treason that property. it should have never happened without a full review of the planning commissioner. >> thank you. >> any other public comment? are you paid member of the staff associated with the project? >> just a contractor. >> you are paid by the owner. you can speak at rebuttal. you have three minutes on the return of the rebuttal. >> listening to everything that i have heard since i spoke, i really don't have a rebuttal. however, i will use my time to make a couple comments. one is that with respect to tom burr well, i agree. we have worked as effectively as i think it is possible to have worked and we have both benefited enormously from that and it has helped our neighborhood in terms of what we believe is a very tasteful addition to the neighbor

each excavation adds to our understanding. from out of the past, signs and symbols create an astounding portrait of life in ancient societies. captions by captionamerica, pittsburgh, pa. annenberg media ♪ by: narrator: welcome to destinos: an introduction to spanish. in this episode, raquel begins her search for angel the son of rosario and fernando. remember to let the actions and the situations guide your understanding. se llama angel castillo. el que puede saber es josé. ijosé! arturo: ud. puede conocer

david webster is the archaeologist who excavated much of the noble's house. this man probably had about 200 to 300 people who were dependent on him in some way, including his wives, his brothers, his political retainers, his economic specialists, living in this patio group and the other patio groups. they're buried here. there are about 250 or 300 burials here. which are the people who were his dependents. and essentially what this is is an elaborate household. keach: the maya noble could support his household because he controlled the rich farmland surrounding the compound. the land was so fertile it could produce a surplus which fed the noble's dependents, including specialists like the artisan, who were not themselves farmers. this was the basis of the economic system of the elites in ancient copan. for the noble, the system worked well. the more dependents he controlled, the more powerful he appeared. but the system also created a problem. what was he to do with such a large family of elites ? i suspect that one of the things is what do you do with these

reports said that excavator was being driven by an employee who had a beef with his boss.arently that mercedes was the boss's car. remember this story? >> yeah. it's fake, right? >> i do have an update for you all. this is fake. this was a viral video marketing campaign for an insurance agency in switzerland called alliance 24. they put this together. >> it's all part of a campaign. >> did we all fall for it? >> i think we kind of had some suspicions. >> it's so nicely shot. it's not like i'm watching a movie. >> you're right. it was very well set up. to show you how well set up it was, we foun athe scenes video. one of the coolest parts of this campaign, they hollowed out the mercedes before they did the crush, crush part. >> it did fold up quickly. when i watched it i was like where did the engine go? >> it was like an empty tin can. >> after the car was crunched they put it in a city swear qua switzerland. we want to know what you think go to our facebook page, fashou the construction site pay, or the owner of the mercedes. >>> a young couple got a camera stolen -- >> n

watch as the excavator dumps this out. you will see exactly what this is. >> a dragon? >> a unicorn? >> fine guesses. except maybe tunicorn. >> it is a kang ka radio. >> they spotted this kangaroo covered in mud. you can barely make out the ears and the long tail. you can see one of its arms and it is still moving surprisingly because it is so covered in mud. >> he is really stuck in there. they have to push him out. >> they were able to dig this kangaroo out. >> and then the kangaroo regains its strength and ended up cleaning ifrts off a bit and hospitalized on its way and no worse for the where. maybe you were right, instead of the workers the aa spa, maybe this kangaroo was at a spa. >> it doesn't look eager to get out of the mud. i think it was doing a treatment. >> according to the posters of the video they said he was totally fine and the guy at the end of the video is both thumbs up to the camera. >>> red means stop. these videos prove that's not always the case. >> this light was read for six seconds when this person blew through this light. >> why running a red