Contractors work at cutting and preparing section of Pier Charlie to be lifted by crane at Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station, March 13. Pier Charlie is being demolished as part of a program to remove excess infrastructures. Once Pier Charlie is dismantled, workers will build a smaller pier to allow Harbor Patrol Units access to the 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron Port Operations Facility. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Hudson)

Workers cut piping from below while other workers use a concrete wire saw to prepare sections pier Charlie to be lifted by crane at Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station, March 13. Pier Charlie is being demolished as part of a program to remove excess infrastructures. Once Pier Charlie is dismantled, workers will build a smaller pier to allow Harbor Patrol Units access to the 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron Port Operations Facility. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Hudson)

Russel Windham, a contractor with Advanced Concrete Cutting, drills holes into concrete during the deconstruction of pier Charlie at Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station, March 13. The holes will be used as anchoring points for a crane to lift sections of the pier. Pier Charlie is being demolished as part of a program to remove excess infrastructures. Once Pier Charlie is dismantled, workers will build a smaller pier to allow Harbor Patrol Units access to the 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron Port Operations Facility. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Hudson)