Removal of the parallel spans and causeways of the Florida Department of Transportation's Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay between Bradenton and St. Petersburg was the largest, most complex bridge demolition contract ever issued by the State. The collisions of oceangoing vessels with the old channel piers prompted construction of a new cable suspension bridge with a much wider channel. Working as a specialty subcontractor for The Hardaway Company, Controlled Demolition Incorporated (CDI) designed, prepared and demolished 9000 tons of steel in 8 deck trusses and 4 approach thru-trusses and towers on either side of one of the most heavily trafficked shipping lanes in the Gulf of Mexico region. Steel removal was followed by the drilling and flawless fragmentation of 100 pile bents, 48 hammerhead piers, 8 shaft bents and 4 massive channel piers on pace with Hardaway's project program. The concrete were fragmented to a 3 foot elevation, without need for secondary blasting and in full compliance with Department of the Environment and Fish & Wildlife regulations that protect endangered species in the area. "...Please pass on to all your personnel who worked on this job, both in engineering and operations, our appreciation for a job well done. From the pre-burning procedures through actual detonation, the work was carried out safely and efficiently. Working up to 235 above the water, and considering the wind speeds and weather conditions that were overcome, CDIs work ...
Story behind the music: I'll start by saying, I see things a lil differently then most people, I think its because I still care.... The song was born when I was stuck in traffic on state road 436 in Orlando, and I looked out my window and thought, Damn, look at all these people, nobody talking to one another, everyone all in a hurry and I looked around at the city, and it was like there was nothing left, Its Florida but theres no orange trees, nothing tropical just concrete, its like everyone and everything has lost touch with one another and we need to see whats goin on... we need to see the SunShine... when I got home I wrote this song.... Hope You Like It....-AIM LYRICS: "SunShine" Artist: AIM Verse 1 At 22 I'm to young to be the witness, to how time shifted to now but I invision it, wit a blindfold, walkin my streets, there's a story to be told, Behind all the brick, I wonder what was here before all this shit, On my street freedoms discrete, like the grass that cracks through the concrete I see tree roots break through the sidewalk It's just like truth of what used to be Before mankind destroyed the earth, sun, and see This cities like a tombstone Sittin on the grave of our beginning so I took a flower and laid it on the street to show my respect for what lies beneath.. Imagine how it used to be......used to be. Sunshine seems like a mile away Wishin heaven had a gateway So maybe I could runaway...Runaway... Waitin On SunShine... So maybe I could runaway... X2 Verse ...