The restaurant still is hiring servers, according to its Facebook page. (Visit the website for contact information). Cardamom Restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The interior of the new Cardamom Restaurant in Ann Arbor. Photo by Peter Smith. Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for AnnArbor.com.
What Is a Cofferdam? A cofferdam is a temporary enclosure in or around a body of water that is constructed to allow dewatering, diversion or damming of an enclosed area. The primary purpose of a cofferdam is to create a dry environment for a project to proceed. They were first used in 1736. Todayâs cofferdams are typically conventional embankment dams of both earth-
Once the first two tunnels where in place, cofferdams were built to divert the Colorado River. This allowed the dam construction to begin. (To the right is a drill rig used to construct the diversion tunnels.). As in any construction project, the dam's base was a major factor in building an enduring structure. This required the men to excavate the mud and muck at the river bottom. With the aid of power shovels the men removed over half a million cubic yards to reach bedrock 40 feet below.