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Huge caissons will bear the weight at Hudsons construction site

The Detroit News
View of the Hudsons construction site from construction offices on Farmer Street in Detroit.
View of the Hudsons construction site from construction offices on Farmer Street in Detroit.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
Members of the media are taking down the stairs into the "hole" at the Hudsons construction site.
Members of the media are taking down the stairs into the "hole" at the Hudsons construction site.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
Metal frames are constructed and then lowered into deep shafts and filled with cement to form the load bearing caissons at the Hudsons construction site.
Metal frames are constructed and then lowered into deep shafts and filled with cement to form the load bearing caissons at the Hudsons construction site.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
Constructed metal frames wait to be lowered into deep shafts and filled with cement to form the load bearing caissons at the Hudsons construction site.
Constructed metal frames wait to be lowered into deep shafts and filled with cement to form the load bearing caissons at the Hudsons construction site.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
A huge drill bit is locked into place during the digging of deep shafts used for the caissons that bare the load of the buildings.
A huge drill bit is locked into place during the digging of deep shafts used for the caissons that bare the load of the buildings.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
Huge drill bits used in making the load bearing caissons at the Hudsons construction site.
Huge drill bits used in making the load bearing caissons at the Hudsons construction site.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
Deep shafts for the caissons that bare the load of the building are drilled at the Hudsons construction site.
Deep shafts for the caissons that bare the load of the building are drilled at the Hudsons construction site.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
Bedrock Detroit VP of construction Joe Guziewicz leads a tour into the Hudsons construction site in Detroit.
Bedrock Detroit VP of construction Joe Guziewicz leads a tour into the Hudsons construction site in Detroit.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
Continued construction on the Hudson's site with foundation work and the drilling and filling of caissons for load bearing in Detroit.
Continued construction on the Hudson's site with foundation work and the drilling and filling of caissons for load bearing in Detroit.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
The stairway leading into the "hole" at the Hudsons construction site.
The stairway leading into the "hole" at the Hudsons construction site.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
Continued construction on the Hudson's site with foundation work and the drilling and filling of caissons for load bearing in Detroit.
Continued construction on the Hudson's site with foundation work and the drilling and filling of caissons for load bearing in Detroit.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News
View of the Hudsons construction site from construction offices on Farmer Street in Detroit.
View of the Hudsons construction site from construction offices on Farmer Street in Detroit.
Daniel Mears, Detroit News