That's some good throw technique. My granny shots from the free-throw line are now vindicated.

That's what I call craftsmanship. Incredible.

W E L C O M E T O T H E W O R L D OF T O M OR R R OW

I bring you ThE CONcReTE PUMP!

Projected finish is fall 2011.

Human power!

Very nice!

This is not as impressive as old archive video of bridges being built. Early on, they used rivets instead of bolts, and rivets have to be glowing hot when they are inserted, then as they cool it holds the beam together.

Well, they couldn't bring the oven up to the work area (too heavy), so they would heat the rivets on the ground, then throw them up to the point where they are working. The rivet pitcher pulled one rivet out of the oven with metal tongs and tossed it up to the catcher, wearing some kind of heat shielding gloves (likely asbestos) who would then place it in the hole, and a 3rd guy with a sledgehammer would pound it in, usually 1 swing. This whole process took about 1 second. Was pretty amazing to watch, and to think how many rivets went into a whole bridge...(my guess is several hundred thousand rivets)

I couldn't find a similar video on youtube, I saw it on PBS a few years back.

(oh, for those that haven't seen an iron/steel bridge up close... these are big heavy rivets, probably 1" diameter and several inches long.)

The guy on the ground tossing the cement must have huge forearms. I can't imagine how it's humanly possible to do that all day. Tendinitis for sure.