Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> Howard --
> As always, GREAT coverage -- in this case, of the
> work on
> that bridge! You take excellent pictures, and I
> always
> appreciate the completeness of your
> documentation.
>
> I am VERY surprised but very grateful you were
> allowed
> to go up in that man lift. What a superb
> perspective!
> (You would NEVER get ME up in one of those --
> MUCH
> too scary for this acrophobe!)
>
> (Along with Dick Samuels and, I am sure, many
> others,
> I wonder what legal hoops you had to jump through
> to
> not only be allowed access to the job site, but to
> be
> allowed to go up in that man lift. Can you talk
> about that?)

Margaret & Dick Samuels,

For the La Selva bridge project I reached out to Stacy & Witbeck about a year ago through the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission. For starters you have to sign a waiver of liability, assumption of risk and indemnity agreement. In addition, you must wear personal safety equipment required by OSHA. That being addressed, I would never be able to enter the worksite unless it was advantageous to everyone. All the agencies and companies involved with the projects I cover know I am documenting the rail line and I am committed to being responsible and safe. While going through some old papers the other day I came across a letter of recommendation from when I was in the Air Force. For the last 42 years I have done my best to live up to this standard.

Howard