the excavation at the east end of the site is what is going to extend as far asbecause we havet the budget before we excavate. when we bring in the bring in the it structure across the east end, and when we do that structural steel, we will start in the middle of the building and work in both directions so that as we bring the steel across we will be bringing the substructure up in the eastern zone and then be able to continue as they move across it. >> where is the bus terminal? is it in the east or west, zone 1, down two, or what? rex it covers the -- >> it covers the eastern side. the bus back level runs from the zone one of a way to the east end in zone four. >> you think sometime in 2014 we will start seeing little walls going up? >> by 2014 we should be completing the substructure in zone 1. made in 2014 we will start the steel erection. by the end of 2015, the superstructure should be topping out. the structural steel should be complete. >> thank you. >> and i can work with steve and we can incorporate -- you know, it has been awhile since we have shown the overall schedule. we can

the artifacts that had been recovered from date, both from the recent excavations and the earlier excavations are kept at the washington navy ward in the underwater archaeology, archaeology and conservation laboratory. things recently recovered are in need in conservation, are being preserved there. >> my name is george schwartz, and i'm an underwater archaeologist and conservator. the site was originally discovered in 1979, and it was -- it was excavated in the early 1980s by another group. and they recovered a large number of artifacts. basically what they did is they discovered the site, they mapped it and they recovered about 180 artifacts, and they were found to be in very good state of preservation. but they were conserved and put on display at a museum in maryland to commemorate barney's test fleet flotilla. what we have here, a collection of artifacts recovered in 2010 and 2011. right now they are all in storage solutions because essentially what we need to do is keep the artifacts wet because if they dry out in an uncontrolled manner, they can deteriorate and essentially fall apart.

with the excavations, what you see here is the completed excavation of this site. we've excavated all the structural remains that were -- that had feature soil, we excavated the yard surfaces, and what happens to all the artifacts is that each one of these units, each of the 5 by 5 unit is separate, all the artifacts are taken down to the lab for processing. here is a piece of -- oh, very cool. this is like a piece of glass, bottle glass, but it's either melted or like it looks like it molded glass, very thin glass. that is really neat. haven't seen one these in a long time but it's clear. i bet that is some of the flask-type glass. archeology lab is a short walk from the house. previous ceramics were restored. in the lab what we have is two different areas, a working deck where we process and power wash all our rock and brick that we recover from the site. and what we also have is a water screening station, where we take the soil samples that we bring back here and instead of putting them to the quarter inch screen like we do at the site, we wash it through window

hundley, i was in charge of the excavation and recovery of that submarine. we found a crew of eight men. they were still inside the submarine, dealing with forensic analysis and identification and facial reconstruction of those individuals. with the navy shipwrecks, we've worked on everything from the d-day shipwrecks off normandy beaches to a scuttled revolut n revolutionary war fleet up in penobscot river in maine. we're involved in the commemoration of the war of 1812, and we proposed to relocate and excavate the shipwreck site. probably one of the best known and preserved of the navy's war of 1812 vessels. >> so you dive in the water itself. what is it like to dive in the water that's hard to see through? >> visibility is not very good at all. the best it ever gets is a foot or two. it's, you know -- and it's hard to -- it is hard to measure and read tapes and work. you almost have to work by braille, by feel and touch. you can get used to it. if you've worked in black water, you get used to maneuvering around when you have limited visibility and also det

with the excavations, what you see here is the completed excavation of this site. we've excavated all the structural remains that had feature soil. we've excavated yard surfaces. what happens to all the artifacts is each one of these units, each of these 5 x 5 units are excavated separately. and all those artifacts are taken down to the lab for processing. here is a piece of -- oh, very cool. this is like -- it's a piece of glass, bottle glass but it's either melted or -- it looks like those molded flasks. that's really neat. but it's clear. i bet that's some of that flask-type glass. the archaeology lab is a short walk down the hill from the mansion, and we have it open to the public. visitors come down to see artifacts we found at the site. previous ceramics we've restored. in the lab, we've got a working deck where we process and power wash all our rick and brick we recover from the site. what we also have is a water screening station where we take the soil samples that we bring back here and instead of putting them to the quarter inch screen like we do at the s

to bring the public out to the site, let them see the ongoing excavation in process and ask questions and help with the whole interpretation of the war of 1812 and help to perhaps make the american public more aware of the war of 1812 and the naval action that was part of that war. i might mention, too, that this is only the second dry coverdam that's been done for an archaeological site in the united states. the previous example was that done in texas in mad gorda bay for the french explorer lasalle, the vessel laval, and this is the only second time something like this has been. we think that we will be able to put the steel coverdam around the site, have six months to excavate the site, have six months to use the coverdam, re-excavate the site and then do research and write-up and hopefully have things for exhibit during 2014 while the commemoration is still going on. >> watch "american artifacts" every sunday at 8:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> if all of us decided at the same time we're going to interrogaten our welbelts and sd less, guess what we all

john henderson is a lead scientist on the underwater excavation project. understand your team essentially rebuilt this city in a digital form at the same time giving us a real look through photography, underwater photography, what it looks like. you know, what is the most extraordinary sight that you recall seeing underwater here of this ancient city? >> well, this is the oldest underwater city in the world. and as you said, it was first discovered in 1967, but then there was no work for 40 years. we went babbling using the latest technudge to bring it back to life, to re-create what it was like to live in that city 3,000 years ago. >> how did you know what to rekraekt? >> well, we can base it upon the whole plan of the city exists under water. it's only about three to four meters of water, but you can swim over it. it's a beautiful and amazing experience to do this. you can see streets and courtyards and houses sitting side by side across an area of about eight football fields worth of space. it's just fantastic. >> that is incredible. i'm a diver. and if

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the work continues in zones 1 and 2 in excavation and freezing. the auxiliary water system continues on how street. bids were received on the geothermal and grounding, and he will be looking into that matter later in the meeting. coming up in the next 90 days, we plan to bid and award this upgrade package. hopefully that will be before you in august meeting. -- we plan to bid and award the osubgrade package. work will start in zone 3, the center section, which they're working on in demolition right now. final demolition of the recycled material. and the but trish half work will continue i butcher shop work wil continue iress shaft work will continue in zone four . the superstructure in 2014, and so forth with the finishes. the project completed in the fall of 2017. as far as the bse work, that is completely finished. it is well into the buttress work and excavation work and continuing with the traffic bridge. the next traffic bridge will go in in september, first week of september for the labor day holiday. the final one on beale street going in ov

the ground, or it is about to be >> right now we're seeing preliminary work before we get to the excavation for the subway tunnels. >> i don't think these are for the subway actually, they are a little small. it turns out of these are some airlines. >> i was talking to one of the workers and he said it would be complete in like 2018 >> the exact date is actually 2019 if all goes well >> it will provide a lot of mass transit underground >> that's something you might think about as he crawled through the traffic for much of the decade. this is harrison street and there is one right hand turn lane and then there is one that goes about 70 degrees on to the freeway and it will be hard to understand. the good news is only to land at a time on any street will be closed for the duration. >> another part of the new bay bridge is ready to be installed. they're still scaffolds that they call travelers and they're being built by a southern california company. for large ones and one small one will pay off of the bay bridge. apparently they will allow maintenance crews to inspect the bridge while it is i

gerd >> did any of the work require excavation hamas -- require excavation? >> just for the foundations. >> were you are approached in an effort to try to understand what the project was about, or were you not the contact person bowman -- the contact person? >> the first i heard was when the project was suspended. >> thank you. >> anything further? the issue is yours, so the standard of review it is discussion. >> thank you for the reminder. >> we get a lot of these cases were clearly people are being neighborly and not communicative in figuring out what the improvements are and the design. we do not necessarily regulates staff. it seems like based on the planning assessment, this was done to code. they are the minimum size required. we just do not have the big systems to overturn this permit. we encourage people to solve these cases, but we cannot necessarily dictate. i am inclined to uphold the permit. good >>> the heavy constructionk for seismic and foundations is done, and the irritation that occurs through the construction is heavily over. the problem is

in order to construct the new dam, we need to excavate a good portion of that hillside. here is a schematic of what is happening. in mid-june, we received a letter from a contractor indicating that the encountered unexpected geologic conditions of -- i not left abutment. you can see that, if you look at the right, this is where a the newdam will be built. if you move to the left, you can see a little indentation. you have an existing hillside that we need to cut back to make room for that spillway. eventually, they were going to go to what we call the final design caught. that is the black line that is furthest to the left. in order to remove all the materials, we would be excavating at over 2 million cubic yards of dirt. only 1.3 million cubic yards of that dirt is needed to build a new dam. with the contractor proposed to do is a false cut. it would remove only the excess material. they would take that first cut, remove the material, it disposed it, and then only proceed with a fine cut when they're ready to be using that additional 1.3 million cubic yards of dirt and m

these are all local san francisco companies who will be doing the excavation, pipe installation, and backfill work. it is the heavy work. it is a specialized firm. they have excellent experience. how they got pre-qualified, they have done jobs as big as this, and there are not many around. this is a huge footprint. they did a loop installation for two major tower buildings in las vegas. there also have been, because there's a lot of plumbing work involved, they actually have an $8.5 million contract for the sfpuc administration building here in this city. local participation, and i am very pleased that we got a company with this type of expertise. vice chair ortiz: having to be the lowest bidder for small businesses -- do you find that when you're soliciting rfp's the small businesses, because of their size, have a difficult time being the lowest bidder compared to a bigger company? >> there are two phases. the answer to your question is, some of the contracts, the really small contracts, there is no problem. the larger ones, they really have to be -- for a small business to take on a

excavation on land. we can have more control with the arc eeology and we can bring the public to the site, let them see that excavation in progress, let them ask questions and help with the interpretation of war of 1812, perhaps make the american public more aware of the war of 1812 and naval action that was part of that war. i might mention, too, this is only the second dry dam done for archaeological site in the united states. previously was done in texas of the 17th century french explorer, this is only the second time anything like this has been done. we think we will be able to put the stealing coffee dam around the site, take the information and data back for conservation, for research, writeup, hopefully have things for exhibit during 2014 while the commemoration is going on. >> watchri

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. >> according to the department of transportation, the excavation will start this week here in the north side of the 900 block of u street. there will labonte the next block. the idea is to minimize the impact on anyone. this process is expected to take a year. >> u street withll look by -- look like 18th street nearby. >> much more beautiful, much more open. >> businesses are apprehensive, remembering how construction killed businesses here. virginia ali said it was tough. >> there was no way to get here. >> it was a nightmare, like a ghost town. >> dthey said they will make their way one block at a time. there will maintain vehicular access and pedestrian access. >> it has an impact on the businesses. >> it is a struggle. >> after the pain, metro made the place wonderful and so will streetscape. >> we will deal with it. >> streetscape will continue from ninth to 14th. there will have phase 2 from -- going from 14th to 18th. get used to construction on u street. >> it will be a long process. still ahead. the search is on for a convicted felon who escaped in maryland this morning. >> ano

and the real problem here is -- the best time we can excavate is during the summer. students are available from field schools. we have one every year. that's also when things heat up around here. so it is a very, very tough, physically challenging operation. >> couple more calls here. lansing, michigan. hi to liz. you're on the air. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. i visited jamestown 30 years ago. and just from watching your program it looks like the development, the research has come much further along than what i had seen. but at the time it was in a small private tour company, and the tour guide at the time said that some of the settlers from jamestown, they were seeking people from eastern europe, specifically like poland, to come and work in glassworking or glassmaking and because of the forests in the area that would have allowed the settlers to build the fires they needed to work the sand to make it into glass. i'm of polish descent. and i've always wondered if that was true or not. is there anything to that from what the tour guide told me 30 years ago?

exexperts have joined in the excavation. e volunteers predict they should uncover the mammoth's head in the next few weeks. >> the leg, femur is one thing but the head. that is why would. >> i might have the experts do the head part. >> that is so fascinating. >> maybe the family dog can dig that up. >> coming up, is your cell phone carrier having some trouble? we'll look at which major service provider is offering buyouts to employees. >>> a bit of a chill in the air this morning. tonguer will be back with today's forecast. tucker we'll be back with today's forecast and julie has a look at traffic.  >>> that looks scary to me. it looks like when ghost busters came down. >> it is neat over there. >> are we supposed to have any rain in the clouds. >> one or two showers. kind of hit and miss here this morning. we'll see one or two more this afternoon. not going to be a rainy day. >> not ominous. no friday rain. >> nothing like friday. >> we need the clearing for the transit of venus later. >> okay. good. i'm hoping

as he starts to dig and claw digs in, the back end of the excavator comes up and slams down with significant around and called him the human shock absorber. we have hours of this. it's not five for ten seconds, hours of continuous compression to his spine. >> john: one last case. a worker claimed to be incapacitated, can't drive or mow the lawn and he got another job doing construction work? >> not only at jam hammer enough to rattle your teeth out of your head, he has a back injury, he is double dipping, collecting money from the previous employer and now he was able to take a position with the city municipality. for me that draws a couple concerns, one, municipalities doing enough background and due diligence on these folks before they are hiring them. they just hired a liability. >> john: he has a lawyer. most all of them have lawyers. maybe the lawyer doesn't know? >> you and i know that is not the truth. >> john: why? >> because i have seen these folks get coached for court. they are very well versed on how to coach the claimants. >> john: they talk about cleaning themselves. what does

as he starts to dig and claw digs in, the back end of the excavator comes up and slams down with significantoked around and called him the human shock absorber. we have hours of this. it's not five for ten seconds, hours of continuous compression to his spine. >> john: one last case. a worker claimed to be incapacitated, can't drive or mow the lawn and he got another job doing construction work? >> not only at jam hammer enough to rattle your teeth out of your head, he has a back injury, he is double dipping, collecting money from the previous employer and now he was able to take a position with the city municipality. for me that draws a couple concerns, one, municipalities doing enough background and due diligence on these folks before they are hiring them. they just hired a liability. >> john: he has a lawyer. most all of them have lawyers. maybe the lawyer doesn't know? >> you and i know that is not the truth. >> john: why? >> because i have seen these folks get coached for court. they are very well versed on how to coach the claimants. >> john: they talk about cleaning themselves. what d

the deck. there has been substantial excavation. there has been more living space added then i am aware of. having requested but never seen any plans, i do not think this will work. i talked to the owners, and i thought we were going to reach a compromise, but without notification, we decided to go ahead and push it at the appeals level, and this letter i hope you have encourages you to at least drown the planning department to reconsider the work you to at least let the department reconsider the work. i checked, and since the project began there have been five permits. there has been expansion of the patio at the ground floor, expansion at the lower level, addition of the lower deck in the real level, privacy wings, and we feel that any of those would trigger a design review. there has been no configuration of alternate stairways. i would like to figure out a compromise that would work. i called the owner and ask for a meeting, which he agreed. the owner called back and said he would not appear. we have three meetings. each one was about an hour with his wife. i thought the meetings went ra

the u.s. for excavati excavation. the pentagon says that may be critical to finding people missing in action. >>> george zimmerman's league. troubles took a dramatic turn for the worse in a court hearing last week. abc's tahman bradley has the details. >> reporter: after six weeks as a free man, this morning, george zimmerman, charged with tilling trayvon martin, wakes up behind bars. the judge revoked his bail, akugz him of lying about how much money he really has. shortly after he was taken into custody, he was paraded in front of cameras. he's described by his attorney as solemn coming back to jail. >> he's worried about everybody who has to be the in hiding auz of the enormous anger and frustration and hatred surrounding the case. >> reporter: zimmerman sits in isolation for his own protection. he was ordered back in jail after a fiery court hearing last week. >> i quite frankly will call it what it is. the defendant's wife lied to the court. >> reporter: they're saying they failed to disclose money the couple had

because we are in the middle of a full-scale excavation. so the main priority is caring for the artifacts as they come in. keeping track of them. keeping them cataloged. we can't do everything. we can't just open the doors and let everybody in because we're just in the middle of all this work. it's possible but it's not that frequent at this point because we're still processing the material. that's an interesting piece. a pistol that -- who knows where it's from. it's from somewhere on the preservation virginia property. it was kept in the national park service collections because we didn't have a collections area before our archaeological project got started. and it looks like it's been through a fire. it's burned. i believe it's early 19th century. it's still -- the cock still has a flint in the jaws. it's really kind of interesting. but i wish i knew where on the island and where on the preservation virginia property it was found. and it could have been turned in the early 20th century. the national park service maintains their own collec

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actually, archaeology of the future will be working with the collections that have been excavated in the past. and we make discoveries in the lab. not everything is discovered in the field. i think people are under the misconception that all the discovery is in that moment outside, but it happens inside as well. and quite a lot, too. so yeah, there's enough to keep us going for a really long time. >> a complete piece. >> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. and joining us now live from the historic jamestown settlement, bill kelso, the director of the jamestown rediscovery project, the archaeological project, and senior curator, bly straube, who are going to spend the next hour with us. and taking your phone calls and your comments and questions as well. thank you to both of you for joining us on this beautiful saturday afternoon. we'd like to invite our viewers to be part of the conversation, obviously. here are the numbers to use. if you're in the eastern of central time zone, 202-737-0001. for viewers in mountain pacific zones, 202-737-0002. you can also participate by