Another pictorial update...

[OSUFan]

I ran out of light or I would have more pictures but here are a few to give you an idea of what you will see on Saturday.

This is a picture of parking lot west of the WEZ. It's not asphalt. It looks kind of like it but it's soft.

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/002.jpg

This one section still isn't poured.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/004.jpg

Section W 10
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/005.jpg

Big 12 flag poles and lamps
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/006.jpg

South part of the parking lot
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/011.jpg

Cars already parked in front of the southwest gates
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/012.jpg

Hall of Fame ready for a block party?
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/014.jpg

Stairs leading to the north plaza entrance
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/015.jpg

It's getting dark and the lights are on (southside)
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/016.jpg

I have no idea what this is but it is big!
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/017.jpg

South plaza entrance
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/018.jpg

A closer look
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/Sept04/020.jpg

[Verb]

Very nice, Fan! I like the one of BPS with the lights on!

[snuffy]

I just walked by the BPS south parking lot and between 5:30 last night and this morning they repainted the numbers for the parking spaces and paved the 2 grassy knolls where Scholars Inn were. They also appear to be patching the parking lot.

[BigBadBen]

Thats a Halliburton Frac truck, built right here in Duncan.

[snuffy]

Thats a Halliburton Frac truck, built right here in Duncan.

What does it do or used for?

[GoPokes83]

Big 12 flag poles? You mean there's going to be an :ousucksnana: flag flying outside our stadium every Saturday?

They may be using that Haliburton truck as a portable concrete factory to mix the dry ingredients together on site rather than having to truck in thousands of loads of wet cement. (Yes I know concrete and cement are two different things...)

[OSUFan]

Big 12 flag poles? You mean there's going to be an :ousucksnana: flag flying outside our stadium every Saturday?

They may be using that Haliburton truck as a portable concrete factory to mix the dry ingredients together on site rather than having to truck in thousands of loads of wet cement. (Yes I know concrete and cement are two different things...)

You could be right because it seemed to me that they have covered the parking lot with something temporary. I bet they pour concrete or asphalt it later (maybe on the off week).

[snuffy]

Big 12 flag poles? You mean there's going to be an :ousucksnana: flag flying outside our stadium every Saturday?

They may be using that Haliburton truck as a portable concrete factory to mix the dry ingredients together on site rather than having to truck in thousands of loads of wet cement. (Yes I know concrete and cement are two different things...)

Is it a portable concrete factory to take raw material to make concrete or is it a portable concrete factory that takes concrete and makes cement?

[GoPokes83]

Cement is the binding agent in concrete. You take Cement, add water and aggregates, (sand, gravel, fibers, what have you..) mix it up and TA-DA!! You have concrete.

[Verb]

Cement is the binding agent in concrete. You take Cement, add water and aggregates, (sand, gravel, fibers, what have you..) mix it up and TA-DA!! You have concrete.

I have always wondered what those two things meant. I always thought they could be used interchangeably. Yesterday, proctology, today concrete....

Man, the things you learn on this board!!

[PpeteFtSmth]

Just Say NO!

[OSU73]

Thats a Halliburton Frac truck, built right here in Duncan.
The Halliburton and built in Duncan is correct but there is a difference in trucks - that is a Pumping unit specially built for cementing operations but can be used for a number of other high pressure pumping needs. The Frac trucks generally have much bigger engines and pumps and no mixing tubs on them... (higher pressure and higher rates).

OSU73 - old hand and missing the game due to work in a forgien country.

Edit: after further examination it is two trailers - the rear is the cementing unit and the front appears to be a blender (usedin fracturing) but the darkness and angle make it difficult to conclude exact type...

[CanadianCowboy]

Don't believe the Big Red machine is a frac unit...I am pretty sure it's a pumper, and is probably there to flush all the potable water lines. We do this in chemical plants, refineries, paper mills, etc. as one of the last activities in turning over process systems. I would imagine that the water systems in BPS are hugely extensive and require lots of volume to flush & sanitize. I've actually used Halliburton Industrial Services on a project or two to do chemical cleaning & flushing of lines.

The soft asphalt-like stuff is probably cement-stabilized sand to make a highly compactible base course for the paving.

Regarding cement vs. concrete...I used to explain to my boys when they would say something like "I skinned my knees on the cement sidewalk...", it's not cement, it's concrete. When you eat breakfast, do you want a biscuit or do you want flour...? :)

[Jonno]

I'm going to guess that the soft asphalt-like stuff is actually...asphalt millings (old asphalt). They make a pretty good compactable base and can be easily removed after the season for the permanent paving.

[Verb]

Geez! I'm downright intimidated by all the knowledge about frac trucks and pumping units and concrete around here!