however foundation grouting won't go away until 2015. we have some of the borrowed site material, the quality of the material and whether it's adequate for the hard rock fill into enter natural -- internal filter of the new dam and that won't expire until 2017 and the natural occur asbestos. a little while to go on this project, certainly. construction of the ifrg ton tunnel is now scheduled to complete. i told you about the second segment of the tunnel. the installation of the internal pipeline is to begin later in november. we are anticipating to complete that in february 2014. from there we'll need to grout the annular space and apply the mortar lining inside the internal pipe. all of that should be done by -- september 2014. on 2014 progress we will work with the water enterprise tenant -- contractor and the inspection of the tunnels. the inspection will take place of 2014-2015. it should be noted that we'll seek your approval for the schedule and budget year during the first quarter of 2014. bay tunnel doing very well there. 91 perc

>> grout has to be sealed every year. again, you want to use a fungicide for cleaning it and seal it once a year, if you have a bathtub with tiles coming around, you want to really maintain that joint between the towel -- towel and bathtub. >> for energy consumption, the shower head has to cut off valve. you do not need water running all the time. you can shut it off without having to reset the temperature. just do not use a plumber's wrench or you will ruin the material. kitchen appliances, the lahood needs to have the screen and filter cleaned probably if you cook a lot once a month. take it out and put it in the dishwasher. that is what i recommend. take that out. all of these goods have a screen and filter that filters out the papers, and you stick it in the dishwasher. every couple of years, take up your support thanks. every fireplace? >> you want to make sure the damper is working in the shut position and you do not have the fire on so you're not losing energy for the outside and it is easy to open when you're goin

some of the work you can see like this grouting station here, but some of it is so far down that you can't see it, hear it or feel it. here on the surface of fourth street south of market you wo the tunnel boring machine is building a tunnel 85 feet below. this is from the ffmta. as the machine makes steady progress it will pass beneath union square. >> we are excited. we are about to enter what we call the bart under crossing. >> the machine is now moving north and crossing under market and existing transit tunnels. >> there are four existing tubes. we have bart and then the two tubes on muni. it is a perpendicular crossing of the four tubes. >> the tunneling began at fourth and harrison after passing under union square and it will eventually end at powell and columbus where the tunneling machines hillary surface at the old pagoda theater site in june. stockton street has been closed to vehicular traffic since january to accommodate a variety of subway-related work. it will re-open on friday to the holiday shopping season, closing again on january 2nd. that's a true holiday gift for

some of the work you can see like this grouting station here, but some of it is so far down that you can't see it, hear it or feel it. here on the surface of fourth street south of market you would never know the tunnel boring machine is building a tunnel 85 feet below. this is from the ffmta. as the machine makes steady progress it will pass beneath union square. >> we are excited. we are about to enter what we call the bart under crossing. >> the machine is now moving north and crossing under market and existing transit tunnels. >> there are four existing tubes. we have bart and then the two tubes on muni. it is a perpendicular crossing of the four tubes. >> the tunneling began at fourth and harrison after passing under union square and it will eventually end at powell and columbus where the tunneling machines hillary surface at the old pagoda theater site in june. stockton street has been closed to vehicular traffic since january to accommodate a variety of subway-related work. it will re-open on friday to the holiday shopping season, closing again on january 2nd. that's a true ho

do we have to seal the grout and the masonry around brick? >> if you don't, if you don't seal the brick, then water penetrates through and you have the same problem as you have with stucco. most of the dry rock that we come across is either in stucco or brick because the water gets in and gets trapped and can't get back out. where the wood breathes better. so, wood gets -- water gets behind stucco. the worst dry rot is always behind a brick or a stucco facade. >> brick has a special problem and a special reason for you to make sure that it is waterproof and that's because it has metal fasteners that keep the brick attached to the building. if the fasteners rust, the brick is just sitting there and in an earthquake the whole brick can fall off. >> you should always have a six-inch separation between the lowest shingle or piece of siding and ground contact. and that should be a concrete foundation there. >> so it's probably -- there probably is a foundation but they figured out a way to extend those all the way down to the ground which is a pro

>> if you look at the edge of the slab, you will cd circular holes that are filled with grout, and the cable is cut. >> as you look at the crane, you see on the edge of the slab holes, and there are typically three together. >> it depends. >> it depends on where they are. there will put a hydraulic jack on that, tension in it, and philip. we need to make sure that water is not get in there or you may have corrosion. i think we need to back up a little bit. this building is essentially a concrete building. it has steel reinforcing in it because concrete is very strong with compression, when it is pushing down, but it is not very strong in other dimensions. you could imagine taking a long concrete bar and bending it, it will break easily. not much capacity with attention. -- not much capacity with tension. used to steal for the tension forces. this building is sort of a traditional, prescriptive we designed concrete building. that means they are building to building strictly in accordance with the cookbook requirements of the san francisco or california building codes. it this is a build

some of the work you can see like this grouting station here, but some of it is so far down that you can't see it, hear it or feel it. here on the surface of fourth street south of market you would never know the tunnel boring machine is building a tunnel 85 feet below. this is from the ffmta. as the machine makes steady progress it will pass beneath union square. >> we are excited. we are about to enter what we call the bart under crossing. >> the machine is now moving north and crossing under market and existing transit tunnels. >> there are four existing tubes. we have bart and then the two tubes on muni. it is a perpendicular crossing of the four tubes. >> the tunneling began at fourth and harrison after passing under union square and columbus where theend at tunneling machines hillary surface at the old pagoda theater site in june. stockton street has been closed to vehicular traffic since january to accommodate a variety of subway-related work. it will re-open on friday to the holiday shopping season, closing again on january 2nd. that's a true holiday gift for this fed ex deli

her name is jennifer grout. she's from massachusetts. she got to the finals of "arab's got talent."st shows. wauing judges and audiences, singing in a language she barely knows. >> i speak a bit of moroccan dialect since i've lived here for a while. >> reporter: 23-year-old jennifer grout, who told us via skype from a coffee shop in morocco, that the reaction was mixed at first. >> when i first started playing, i heard a murmur of laughter throughout the audience. but 30 seconds into it, it changed to appreciation. and it changed to cheering. >> reporter: it was a teacher's friend who con for instanced jennifer to try out for the competition. singing one of the most recognizable songs in the arab world. >> my friend contacted me and told me, it might be a great idea for you to audition for this show. >> reporter: she comes from a family of classically-trained musicians and has been singing since she was 5 years old. >> it's actually normal for me, as a classically-trained singer, to sing in languages that i don't speak fluently. >> reporter: the competition is similar to the america

he says it's in the hands of the al-nusra front, an al qaeda-linked grout. the army. he introduces a man, a field commander who describes the defeat. >> translation: we are now in omar oil field, here are bashar al-assad's vehicles and tanks. his men ran away. >> it's the second time opposition fightersar taking control of facility the government withdrew only to get it back again. if it has changed hands again that means most of syria's reservation are in the hands of the opposition and thanks to the e.u.'s decision to relax on embargo they are allowed to sell it abroad. the bashar al-assad government has access to oil, there are other pipes in the county and a provider in iran. >> after four days of deliberations afghan leaders endorsed a deal with the united states. american forces remained beyond 2014, mainly to train security forces. the afghan president has been asked to sign the agreement by the end of the year. hamid karzai says he needs more time before signing on the bottom line. a massive snow storm in the united states left eight people dead. the storm was

they did test sporings and told us there's a little sinkhole activity on that house and we should grout no, we should have done more. this is not efficient what they're offering. it was just back and forth with lawyers and as i said, after the other incident we came in, told them go ahead, fix it the way you think it should be done but if something happens afterwards, we will come back, you know, because we don't think and the other engineer thinks it's not efficient. >> thank god you can come back. you're saying you caved in to the lawyers but literally now your house is caved in. how much of it is gone? >> i cannot tell. i'm in front of the house. i can just peek to the backyard. i don't see what really is gone. i know that the florida room seems to be gone, i know our neighbor's pool is gone. >> do you have a place to stay? do you have family in the area so you can take care of the family? >> yes, we have lots of friends here and i think we're going to be okay for the next few days. >> it's hard to judge by the video we're watching right now. to your best knowledge, is the hole conti