The following are some videos experimenting with the automated compact shelving that is to be found on levels six to eight at the new Library of Robert Gordon University. One can see a selection of photographs showing the views to be seen from my previous post.
The Library of Robert Gordon University moved into the new building over the past weeks and became operational on Thursday 30th May. Given that today Sunday 2nd June was quite good weather-wise I ventured to see the views from the top floor – level 9 housing books related to Computing and Engineering. You will also find a few images from other levels as well. The photographs below should give you some sense of the views and some other elements of the building.
Some of the buildings / sites that are readily visible include the Big Wheel at the Beach, Aberdeen Harbour, Aberdeen University Library, Inchgarth Resevoir, Duthie Park, Tollohill Wood and Kincorth Hill to name but a few. Can you identify any other points of interest?
The following are just a small selection of previous posts related to the evolution of the new building at the Garthdee Campus.
14 May 2013
9 March 2013
20 January 2013 – Evolution over the past 16 months
15 January 2013
30 September 2012
15 August 2012 – Interiors
Today I gave a workshop on Codea Programming for the iPad at the Further and Higher Education Advisors Conference 2013 that was held today at the Garthdee Campus of RGU. The following photos should give some sense of the room setup just prior to the workshop commencing. As you will see from the first few images, I just had to put an array of iPad’s together to see what they were like.
Yesterdays post contained some photographs taken from the roof of the Round Tower at the Garthdee Campus of Robert Gordon University. This post as the title says includes a number of timelapse videos taken around 06:30 in the morning just as the sun was rising.
A few images of the Round Tower may also be seen below, giving some idea of the location from where the videos were recorded & yesterdays photos were taken.
In the previous week with my class of about 100 first year computing students we looked at the process of panoramic photography and light-painting, hence were making use of long shutter durations. This week I thought it would be interesting to go in the opposite direction and capture moments in time of just hundreds or even thousands of a second. I had seen quite a few videos in the past, about capturing such imagery, using both flash and continuous based lighting, hence I gathered together a number of these videos and made a recent blog post about them.
This first image seen above is a composite of images taken from two of the three setups that were used. Firstly the stage was set for the capturing of soap bubbles gently floating down to earth. Next the students had a chance to drop some fruit and vegetables into an Aquarium. The final option was to pour some water into a wine glass and capture the some of the detail and beauty of flowing water that we overlook on a daily basis.
The day prior to class I set out to purchase some essentials, I began by getting some PVC tape, jugs, straws and glass scraper to clear the water from the aquarium after the splashes. Having being unsuccessful in finding soap bubbles, I ventured to another shop and was delighted to see they had a good variety, hence I purchased one of each set they had, this amounted to perhaps close to two liters of soap bubbles, so I was quite sure we would have enough for the photo-shoot. The final really large and important task was to find an Aquarium, so I headed in the direction of the beach to seek one out. I looked through quite a few different aquariums, and finally settled on a glass one of dimensions 24″ x 15″ x 12″ capable of holding about 65 liters of water. So with that I carted all this stuff back to the office.
Later that night I paid a visit to yet another shop to pick up some fruit and vegetables that should make a good splash in the aquarium. Also picked up some food colouring both yellow and blue for use with the water pouring into the wine glass setup. To capture any spillage from the glass I also picked up a paint tray! So that was more or less everything.
Given the class size was about 100 a video feed was setup between the green screen room in which the photography was taking place and the computer lab where all the students were working on some Photoshop and Illustrator tasks. That way they could see what was going on as the video feed was displayed on three projectors within the lab, hence they could move between one and the other depending on how busy the photographic session was. I have used this technique in the past on a few occasions and have found it to be very useful. All in all it took about an hour to set everything up for the shoot with the help of three students and the support team for the video feed.
The following photographs should give a sense of what was taking place in the green screen room with all three stages running concurrently. As you will see bubbles were being blown, peppers, strawberries and the like were being dropped into the aquarium & water was being poured into the wine glass. Five lights were used, two for both the aquarium and the bubbles, leaving just one for the wine glass. In total this amounted to the equivalent of 5320 watts of lighting keyed at a temperature of 5200 degrees kelvin.
The following set of images give a sense of what the room was like after a bit of tidying up was done and some things moved around a bit.
The next set of images just give a sense of the materials that were used for the photo-shoot taken around two hours prior to setting up the scenes. The large Nemo sitting happily on the aquarium will probably find a new home back on my desk but inside the aquarium, in which he fits nice and snugly. This of course has the added advantage of keeping him dust free once I find a suitable cover.
The final set of images include some of the water being poured into the wine glass along with the individual shots that were combined together in the first image of the post.
All in all I would guess that a few thousand photographs were taken in the course of a couple of hours. Its probably also safe to say that the students really seemed to enjoy the photo-shoot, especially given the room was such a hive of activity. Having a number of distinct but related tasks seemed to work well, one thing we didn’t do was to capture water drops falling and splashing into a pool of water, so that is perhaps something for next time, as one can use a few techniques for this alone. If you wish to see some of these images if greater detail, then you can take a look at the corresponding Album.
The previous post showed the evolution of the New Build since October 2011. The last photo update was on the 15th Jan when we were in the depths of winter and the landscape covered in snow. Almost two months on and the weather though still cool is getting milder and the days longer.
Quite a number of noticeable changes standout since the 15th Jan post. Firstly foundations have been laid for an exterior wall running the length of the site parallel to Garthdee Road. A set of what looks like chimneys has been added to the roof. Quite a good amount of progress can be seen with regard to the plaza area directly in-front of the main entrance to the build. The lower sections of the library tower have now been fully clad making a huge difference to the overall appearance, very much transforming it from a building site into a building nearing completion. You will also notice the formation of some steps heading down to the river, allowing one to link up with the riverside walk heading east / west. Will certainly be lovely especially when the weather is good to readily be able to get down to the rivers edge for a stroll along the bank. Those who enjoy photography may like the last few images at the bottom of the post playing with reflections at the main entrance to the campus. To view any of the images below at a larger size then one can directly access the Picasa Album.
This evening I attended a lecture held in Cowdary Hall at the Aberdeen Art Gallery titled Regenerating Aberdeen: A Vision for a Thriving and Vibrant City Centre. It was great to see the hall more or less entirely full to capacity. The event was chaired by the Principal of Robert Gordon University Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski. The panel of four speakers included a number of those who were involved in developing the report including Professor Richard Laing and Dr. David McClean. The photographs below should give you some sense of the event and the very much appropriate location.
The discussion paper centred around three distinct principles: 1. Connectivity, 2.Multiplicity of use and finally 3. Adaptability and coherence. The presentation was punctuated with a number of photographs throughout showing elements from cities around Europe. Copenhagen for example featured a few times, I had visited in 2005 myself and was amazed at just how easy it was for cyclists to get around. It was very much a city where the cyclist had the right of way, and I could see myself interested in using this form of transport given the priority given to cyclists. In most other cities I wouldn’t even consider it for a nanosecond as a viable option.
The paper also proposed ten priority action points ranging from creating links between Union Street and the Harbour to Restoring city squares such as Golden Square, Bon-Accord and the Castlegate.
One thing I found perhaps surprising was a limited mention of Aberdeens 2017 bid for European Capital of Culture. According to the news of 20th Feb Aberdeens team of five was appointed. Just a few days later on the 28th Feb the bid was lodged. Today it was announced that Aberdeen and Dundee would be the two candidates from Scotland. I have been to a number of cities that have held the title of Capital of Culture in recent years and each one was a joy to behold for visitors / pedestrians. The following are some of my own thoughts and comments for how life could be breathed into the city bearing in mind the ever approaching 2017 deadline.
One city I visited was Sibiu, which held the title in 2007. It was the summer of 2006 however when I visited and was really amazed by the sheer number of people throughout the city that were doing work to the squares and buildings. The best way of describing it was a veritable army at work. Never a time before or since have I seen so much work being carried out at such a rapid rate. The evening that I arrive in Sibiu I was treated to an outdoor concert in one of the squares. You will note from the images below the use of an easy to erect staging area and the myriad of market stalls selling all kinds of food and drink. The atmosphere was really quite amazing, especially with the concert ending with a fireworks display. Another interesting feature was the use of projections on the walls of the buildings surrounding the square (Piata Mare (Grand Square)).
With the demolition process of the Old City Council building just commenced, the transformation of this area into a civic square could be of tremendous benefit to the city, allowing functions such as that seen in the photographs above of the concert in Sibiu to be held. Further just like in Sibiu the surrounding buildings could become a platform for projected imagery, in particular Marischal College. Also the opening up of this area would bring a new lease of live to Provost Skene’s House. Those who like photography would also benefit from being able to photograph Marischal College directly face on and take in the entire facade, rather than all the photographs you currently see taken in a side on manner. It was mentioned that the arrival of the Olympic Torch was a great event for Aberdeen, and brought out the crowds by the thousands. Perhaps a plaza in-front of Marischal College could be a good venue for such future gatherings!
With a square in place capable of hosting a reasonably good sized crowd one could look at linking it with the other open areas of the city, perhaps by forming a thoroughfare or link via Neitherkirkgate through to the Kirk of St Nicholas on to Little Belmont Street and eventually linking up with Union Terrace Gardens. One one then have a haven of substantial area right within the heart of the city centre. Planting of course could help take toxins out of the air and create a set of lungs for the city centre.
What is a city of Culture without a viewing platform allowing one to readily get a feel for the cityscape. Plans for a 40-meter big wheel at Aberdeen’s Castlegate were dropped back in 2009. Perhaps the “new plaza” in-front of Marshall College could be a potential place, allowing for some spectacular views of the second largest granite building in the world to be captured. Would also make for a wonderful high rise platform to gather photographs of various events and concerts that could potentially he held in the square.
Some of the following images should give a sense of what Sibiu was like in the summer prior to becoming the Capital of Culture. Its interesting to see the work being done to the square, the planting and the revamping of all the facades of the surrounding buildings. Clearly this is a city well underway in preparing itself for the year ahead.
It may have also been interesting to hear about how the Expansion of Aberdeen Harbour into Nigg Bay would effect the city. What would be the effect on traffic, how could the city take advantage of the additional cruise ship visitors. Another interesting element to factor into the equation is the Western peripheral Route and the new Business Park and Hotels being developed in Dyce.
The hosting of a very active programme of summer festivals in the lead-up to 2017 could also bring out the crowds. Some film festivals as well could perhaps help enhance the cultural aspects of the city. Earlier today I hosted the what I believe to be the first collaboration between RGU and the Belmont Cinema, by organising a screening of the videos some of the 4th year computing students produced for one of the modules I was teaching in the previous semester, focused on Audio and Video Production. Perhaps more collaborations such as this can enhance cultural elements !
In Ireland both Cork (2005) and Dublin (1991) have held the title. Cork like Sibiu in the pictures above undertook a tremendous renovation project to the main street and surrounds in the years leading up to 2005. The amount of traffic going down the main street has been greatly reduced and a great deal of pedestrianization established. To say the city saw an immense transformation would be an understatement. The city of Linz held the title in 2009, in the lead-up its electronic arts museum moved to a much larger space and is a fantastic attraction for the city. The city also features a wonderful pedestrianized area, tram system, and a spectacular view overlooking the entire city and a really interesting modern art museum.
The city of Aberdeen has many other attractions that should be fully exploited such as the potential heritage centre at Rubislaw Quarry or the renovation taking place at Duthie Park. Speaking of Duthie park, right next door to the east lies the home of Aberdeen Model Railway Club. Expansion of the park to the east to take in the Railway Club area would be of tremendious touristic value. Along with a number of carrages that are being restored is one of the last remaining turntables in Scotland (see here for further images of Ferryhill). The new build at Riverside East, Garthdee Campus is also a great asset to the city along with the new Library at Aberdeen University. These buildings again can provide the photo enthusiast with some great views of the city.
One may find the following paper “European Capitals of Culture as Incentives for Construction of European Identity?” to be of interest. It identifies all the previous cities since 1985 and up to 2015 that have or will hold the title of European Captial of Culture (see page 5).
I could of course go on with further ideas and suggestions, but its getting late in the evening now and will be demonstarating the setup and use of the Libec Swift Jib to students early in the morning. Thanks to all those who presented and the interesting Q&A session afterwards.
In a recent post I included some videos discussing depth of field and how it can be affected by aperture, focal distance and distance of the object. The question that came to mind however is that of how could I demonstrate elements of photography to a group of about 100 students. Often you may gather a small group of half a dozen crowded around a camera to show them something, however this doesn’t really scale well to a group on the order of 100 or so.
To solve this problem I made use of technology to help them see the live interaction I performed with the settings on the camera itself and remotely using Canon’s EOS Utility. The room in which the students were, contained three projectors, one more or less in the middle of the room with the others at either end. To allow them to see the interaction I made use of the EOS Utility in conjunction with Microsoft’s PixelSense (Samsung SUR40) providing a table top interactive surface with which to interact with the settings of the Canon 600D. In front of the camera I placed two tables covered with some green cloth and a number of objects at different distances to focus on. You will also notice from the images below I also included a tape measure running down the length of the table.
Located next to the Camera and the PixelSense table I added a HD TV so I could readily see the interactions I was performing. Floating a few feet over the PixelSense SUR40 hung a Sony NX5E video camera suspended in space in a under-slung position with the help of a Libec Swift Jib 50 Kit (comprising the arm, T102B tripod and DL08 dolly).
The HDMI video feed from the camera was fed to a splitter box with one input and two outputs. As you can guess one of the HDMI outputs fed directly into the HD TV, the other via the use of a HDMI to VGA adapter went off to feed the three projector screens.
All in all I was quite pleased with the overall result especially as all the students could see what I was doing first hand, moreover there was no need to repeat the processes a dozen times or more to a set of small groups all crowded around the camera. After I demoed the variables affecting the depth of field I let the students to come up and have a go with altering the settings such as f-stop and focal length themselves. They all really seemed to enjoy interacting with the Camera through the use of the surface and whats more all the other students could see what they were doing as well. They also had a good bit of fun just playing with the controls of the Jib and operating the REMO30 pan/tilt head. Concurrently after I had demoed the use of the system I got them to do some multiplicity photographs in our green screen room. The others who were waiting of course to get their chance to interact with this equipment and take some photographs were busy working their way through some photoshop tutorials. So that kept them busy with three distinctive tasks to carry out.
Once they all knuckled down to work, a few 3rd year students dropped by the lab to give me a hand in moving our OptiTrack Flex 13 motion capture system to another room, thereby freeing up our green screen room purely for photographic and video effects work. All it all it was a busy morning, with lots of equipment being moved around. Fortunately I had moved all the equipment you see in the images below into place the night before. You will notice that a shadow is cast by the Sony NX5E video camera and the REMO30 tilt/pan head. I am sure with a bit of shuffling of elements around this can be eliminated for the next time. In the final photograph of the set below, you can see the setup with the projection being displayed on two of the three screens, though the far off screen is quite a distance down the lab. I had hoped to record some video of the system in use, but didn’t get around to it due to the rehousing of the motion capture system, so may give it a go the next time with the elements rearranged is a slightly better manner. I guess the question for the next class is what will I demonstrate next? Some panoramic photography with the use of a Manfrotto QTVR 303Kit was something I had considered as a possibility.
I am very sure that nobody would even think about getting close to a plant like this. This is just one of hundreds of cacti to be found at the Duthie Park Winter Gardens.
A quick snapshot of a Venus Flytrap laying in wait for the next byte (is this not the usual way to spell bite if your in the field of computing!) to enter its clutches. The photo was snapped at the Duthie Park winter gardens.
Recently I received a link to a YouTube video demonstrating how to spin a camera around the CN Tower. The video was posted a little over a month ago (17th December 2012) and has received around 125,000 views so far. One can make use of Google maps and street view to find the positions from which you would need to take a set of photographs in a circle around a tall object of interest. Then with a bit of work in Photoshop and your favorite video editor create a nice 360 – QuickTime Object VR like animation.
More recently (11th Jan 2013) a YouTube video was posted of the Space Needle in Seattle using the same technique as the CN tower video. I visited Seattle a few years ago and would have loved to have given this a go after seeing the results of the video below.
Another fun task is that of Multiplicity or essentially cloning yourself multiple times. A nice demo of one technique that could be used for this is demonstrated in the video below. Towards the end of the video the author mentions that he would give a ‘prize’ for somebody who include a hundred clones within an image. How difficult would it be to create an image with a hundred clones, or perhaps more importantly how long do you think this would take to achieve? The following post on PetaPixel breaks the cloning process down into seven steps.
I am quite tempted to give the hundred+ multiplicity challenge a go, using the setting of a good sized computer lab. Could have 50 or so clones sitting to desktop computers, perhaps another 20/30 sitting along a very wide windowsill (reading an interesting selection of books ranging from photography to C and Java!). Then would need to squeeze in another 20 or so clones in the remaining open areas. A tripod set at perhaps seven to eight feet should provide a good perspective allowing the full depth of the room to be observed and the clones to readily be visible throughout the image. The video below is another nice example of multiplicity.
Multiplicity in the Studio – Breakdown
Ensure the camera is on a good heavy tripod.
Camera settings to try as a starting point.
Manual Mode.
Sutter Speed 200, Aperture F8.
While lens set to Auto Focus, focus on an area where the subject will be, then switch over to Manual Focus so it remains the same throughout the photoshoot.
Should have one or two lights setup to illuminate the background.
Subject should be 6/7 feet away from the background to help avoid shadows being formed.
The subject itself should be lit so another light (Key light) should be used, to help fill in & create softer shadows and additional & less powerful light may be used.
Combining the images in Photoshop
File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack.
Browse for and select the images taken & press OK.
Within the Layers Window, select each image (layer) and press the Layer Mask Button.
Select the top layer, then with a black paint brush paint out the subject, making them disappear. Pressing Ctrl + I will invert the mask, hiding everything else bar the area painted out.
Carry out the masking process for all other layers.
Once finished, one may go to Layer > Flatten Image to flatten all the layers into one. A better option of course if you ever wanted to edit it further would be to save the file as a PSD to retain all the layer & masking information. To create a flattened image you could simply save the file as a JPEG.
You may also wish to crop the image to a particular size or aspect ratio (Image > Crop).
Are these fun / Interesting Projects to Try?
Do you think some project tasks along the lines above would be interesting for a group of a hundred or so first year computing students doing a module looking at graphics / photography. Do you know of any other fun and interesting examples be they YouTube demos or online tutorial example walkthroughs?
Some Possibilities for 360 Animations in Aberdeen
The tall chimney stack
The Big Wheel at the Beach
The Obelisk at Duthie Park
The following photographs give a sense of the evolution of the New Build at the Garthdee campus of Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen over the course of about sixteen months. Additional detail may be seen by following the hyper-linked dates of when the photographs were taken. Beginning in October 2011 one can see the initial stages of the main building and library starting to emerge from their foundations and evolve over time to a fully clad and glazed structure. If you take a look at the photoset from the 15th August you will see some interior images. The most recent set located towards the very bottom of this post were taken on the 15th January 2013, you may like to compare these to a set taken one year before on the 14th January 2012 to see the progress made over the course of a year. Its expected that the building will start being occupied from July of this year.
Additional information about the project may be seen at http://www4.rgu.ac.uk/campusdev/masterplan. The embedded video below (from the RobertGordonUni YouTube Channel) provides a fly-through of the build and should give a good sense of what the completed project should look like, both inside and out.
The following are a few scenes from around the campus of Robert Gordon University taken around sunrise. If you look closely you just may spot a baby deer peeking out from behind a tree in one of the images.
It has been quite a while since the last photo update – 30th Sept 2012. Snow has been on the ground here in Aberdeen the past two days, as such it add an additional element to the images below, and thereby differing greatly from all previous posts on this topic. Most of the work being carried out over the past few months has been internal. One quite apparent difference from the previous posting may be seen on the roof of the library tower, these vertical elements were added in October. The addition of a dark cladding to the exterior walls of the services area is also a new feature. One will also notice the removal of the wall just outside the entrance way to the FOHS building.
The first snow of 2013 in Aberdeen appeared overnight on Sunday 13th Jan and into the early hours of the morning on the 14th. The videos below are looking out towards Rosemount Viaduct and beyond to Union Street during a snow shower in the late evening of Monday the 14th.
The following video will give you some small sense of what it was like today during our Open Day at the School of Computing Science and Digital Media, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. It was held from about ten o’clock in the morning until three in the afternoon. After a half-hour registration period, visitors were treated to a welcome talk and a short series of lectures. Following on from this a number of hour long workshops were held on such topics as iPhone programming, cryptography and wireless networks. Their was also time to have a chat with Academics and see some of the demonstrations we had running throughout the day, most of which may be seen in this video. As you can see in some segments we were piping a video feed of the demonstrations happening in other rooms into one of our PC labs and projecting them for all to see.
Demonstrations included the use of an Eye Tracker to identify the area on screen a person was focusing on. A full body Motion Capture System comprising of a twelve camera Flex 13 system from Optitrack was also available to see in action. In concert with this we also had a motion tracking demo running on a Microsoft Kinect for windows, though the students who were doing the video recording didn’t get any footage of this. Also demonstrated was the Microsoft Surface (Samsung SUR40) which supports up to 52 points of interaction concurrently. If you watch all the video you may see that we certainly came close to this maximum value. All in all everybody seemed to enjoy the day visitors, staff and student helpers alike. Our next open day will be in a months time, at which point we hope to have a far larger and wider set of demonstrations to show the visitors to the school. See my YouTube Channel for further videos of some of the equipment seen here in this video.
Chris Young another member of staff at the School also grabbed hold of a camera and quickly recorded some of footage from of the Motion Capture System in operation. For more videos from Chris take a look at his Vimeo Channel.
Motion Capture System from Chris Young on Vimeo.
The following set of image and video show some ships coming and going from Aberdeen Harbour as well as some image of the Nordic Giant Dredger armed with the Liebherr P995 Backhoe dredging the waters of the Harbour. Some of the vessels to be seen below include F.D. Incomparable,E.R. Georgina, Grampian Talisker, Skandi Emerald, the Hans Hopper Barge, the Long Sand Hopper Barge, D.F. Remarkable, Skandi Rona, Vos Server, Karl-Jakob K. and the Vos Precious. Additional videos of the Nordic Giant and the Liebherr P995 in action may be accessed from my youtube channel. One may access a playlist of various ships coming and going from Aberdeen Harbour here. A Playlist featuring the Nordic Giant and the Liebherr P995 is also available online.
The following are just a few videos of the Nordic Giant going to work on the task of Dredging Aberdeen Harbour to open it up of larger vessels. The Nordic Giant is a Dredging vessel measuring in at 55 meters in length, 17 meters in breadth and 4 meters in depth. It has a maximum speed of 7.3 knots and weighs in at 1090 tons. The vessels power plant is capable of generating 2000 kW and anchors itself by the use of three spuds. The crane is a Liebherr P995 backhoe with a dredging depth of 27 meters. The Liebherr P995 backhoe with bucket weights in at 380,000kg and has a bucket capacity of 8.50 to 18.00 cubic meters. The ship was originally known as the Askar built 1999-2001 for Skanska, Egypt at the Port Said Shipyard. In 2001 it was renamed as the Nordic Hero and in 2002 it was rebuilt and named the Nordic Giant. It is known as the biggest dipperdredger in Europe. The Nordic Giant is accompanied by two hopper barges the Long Sand and the Hans.
To see more videos of the Nordic Giant in Action then take a look at my youtube channel.
Other information about the vessel
https://www.dredgepoint.org/dredging-database/equipment/nordic-giant
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=212709000
http://www.liebherr.co.uk/EM/en-GB/products_uk-em.wfw/id-1052-0/measure-metric
Up to date info on the status and location of the vessel
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=212709000
Details about the Aberdeen Harbour Dredging Project
http://www.aberdeen-harbour.co.uk/marine.html
The Barges
Long Sand http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=872799
Hans http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1621412
The following set of photographs are focused on the south face of the build. As you can see the glazing to the library tower has been completed, with just the utility space on the roof to be clad. The final four panels to the north side of the tower were installed today (13/08/2012) thereby completing the process of glazing the primary structure of the library tower.
As you will see from the photographs below the glazing of the library tower is now nearing completion. A little over two weeks ago the glazing process was around the half way point. All going well it should be completed in the not too distant future and once fully weather proof the focus can shift to the internal fitting out. In just 12 months time staff should be settling in to the new build in preparation for the forthcoming 2013 Academic year.
The following photographs are just a small sample of a mornings adventure through the David Welch Winter Gardens at Duthie Park Aberdeen. You will see a great splash of colour in the following images, enjoy. Further images from this photo set may be seen within the following Album.
Towards the end of the two hour show, two monster trucks came on the scene. One of them however suffered a blow out upon landing to one of the front tires. It did get some fairly big air, you can see the video of this below.
Go to http://extremeeventseurope.com to see details of the show and tour dates.
Backing up the monster truck to set about getting the front tire sorted out.
It has been just over a month since I posted the last set of photographs on the 12th June. In the past month there has been quite a good deal of work carried out, in particular, quite a substantial amount of the glazing units for library tower have been fitted in place. The main entrance walls are also coming along well. The walls have been constructed from brick and then faced off as you can see in some of the photos below. I took the first set of photographs looking from from Tullos Hill shortly after six o’clock in the morning, it was fortunate I began at this time, as when I got to the bottom and had packed away the camera it began to rain. At the present rate of progress all the exterior cladding and the installation of glazing units should be completed fairly soon, thereby setting in place the completed look and feel of the building. Additional photographs from the set below may be seen by accessing the following Album.
Previous posts showing the progress of the build at Garthdee
12th June 2012 – Progress Update
27th May 2012 – View from Kincorth Hill
26th May 2012 – Progress Update
11th April 2012 – Tower Crane Removal
8th April 2012 – Progress Update
26th February 2012 – Progress Update
8th February 2012 – Progress Update
22nd January 2012 – Progress Update
14th January 2012 – Construction Time lapse
14th January 2012 – Progress Update
4th December 2011 – Progress Update
29th October 2011 – First set of photographs showing progress to-date
Photographs of other University Campuses and Buildings
18th May 2012 – University College Dublin
17th May 2012 – Dublin City University
15th May 2012 – Western Gateway Building, University College Cork – Computing, Maths & some other units
30th March 2012 – Sphere within Sphere at Trinity College Dublin
29th March 2012 – The Quad and Honan Plaza at night, University College Cork
Following on from yesterdays post where the Olympic Torch arrived in Aberdeen today’s post focused on its journey south towards Dundee. The Torch left Dyce, Aberdeen around 07:30 it reached the Bridge of Dee around 08:35 at which time the videos and photographs below were taken. As the day has now drawn to and end that’s 25 days of the relay completed and 45 days left until it reaches London in time for the commencement of the opening ceremony.
