With the production aspect of the project going relatively smoothly, coordination is the most difficult part of the job. With carpenters, iron workers, and laborers all crawling around on the structure at the same time, effective scheduling of work is essential. We have to stay out of each other's way and still get production done. When the weather turns cold, coordination becomes more challenging. We only have a few hours when we can paint, so it has to be ready.
Coordination is the toughest part of the job.
Midwest is helped, Biddle said, by a strong crew. The original five members are still on the job, but Biddle had to sift through approximately 25 others to get two more. To get up there in that blast hood when it's 25 degrees and air's going through that nozzle at 220 miles an hour isn't something a lot of guys can do. Holding on to that nozzle is like holding on to a cube of ice. You can't put on enough gloves.