Memoirs of a GDC intern

Cleaning flood lights….they looked like but they are rig lights! This was our first duty this day. I had the open ended spanner m10, Yes, opening up each of these lamps, wiping them with a clean rug and when dry I would close them up. Of course I had to take care not to damage the bulbs and my skin….of course the edges are not as blunt as a matress that you and caress your hand over.

We then joined our efforts with some floor men to reignforce the mast structure below onto its supports stands in preparation for their carrying or transportation to the next site.

What you are looking at below are the hydraulic motors for the BOP and as Eric was working on them, we took time to learn afew tips from him as we helped him install new oil rings as the previous ones had been used. Basically, they are double acting cylinders that have many valves to direct hydraulic fluid into the various BOP rams lke the pipe rams, annular ram and blind rams.

I actually found this challenging, at the end of the day, (while waiting for tea to be brought) I took time to master how these chains were linked together and it was a maze. You can imagine how much power it takes to lift the end part of this substructure and then what would happen if the chains are not well laid on the pulleys…