Location: Turner River Rail Bridge Mining Construction Site Pilbara Region, WA

The formwork used for the first concrete pour of this concrete bridge abutment.

Formworker Getting Ready to Concrete this Abutment Formwork

The red “spreader timbers” were also used to support the template which will leave the required penetrations for the Structural Bearings (also called bearer pads, bearing pads, bridge bearings). The Bearer Pads will fit neatly into these penetrations which will then support the bridge spans.

Concretors could not be hired for this job because Turner River Camp is only a small 70 person camp and all dongers were full. For this reason, the three formwork carpenters were required to do the concreting jobs as well.