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When I arrived at Construction Camp 123 Cape Preston Western Australia, I was wandering who would be the first person I would bump into that I already know from another job. Well, it was formwork carpenter Rami who I first met at Prominent Hill SA a couple of years ago.

Ed and Rami at Cape Preston WA

Good to see ya mate

Location: Port Adelaide SA

Instead of the regular workplace BBQ lunch on a Saturday, why not try out a workplace Lamb On A Spit like we did here at this construction site in Port Adelaide. The site is being used by Adelaide Aqua to prefabricate pre-cast concrete and large steel piles for the Port Stanvac Desalination Project.

Lamb On A Spit

We had seasoned Lamb-On-A-Spit Professional Branko on the team who prepared, cooked and carved the lamb to perfection.

Branko, Graham and Goran

Branko’s delicious roasting lamb smell wafted over the whole construction site, enticing most of the construction workers over to have a great tasting lunch before hooking back into work. After most of the site ate, there was plenty left over for hot lamb sandwiches the next day.

Daniel, Dave and Branko Carving The Lamb

I voted 10 out of 10 for Branko’s Lamb On A Spit as did everyone else who tried it.

Location: Prominent Hill Mining Construction Site South Australia

Mechanical Fitter Leigh (Hollywood) giving Admin LJ a few welding tips.

Leigh and LJ at Prominent Hill Mine

Location: Port Adelaide South Australia

Here’s Joe surveying the exact locations of the bridge bearings which will be cast on top of the concrete bridge columns at Port River Expressway roadworks project.

Joe at Port River Expressway

Because the bridge spans will be sitting temporarily on timber packers, Joe also had to calculate the correct height of each packer for each corner of every column.

Not only that, each corner of each timber packer will be a different height because of the North/South and East/West bridge span angles.

Promise not to leave you up there when we go to lunch Joe

Location: Port Adelaide South Australia

After constructing this bridge abutment formwork at the Port River Expressway, formwork carpenters Steve, Simon and Tony now have to place and finish the concrete as well.

Formworkers Steve, Simon and Tony

Steel bridge spans will now placed from these abutments to the concrete columns.

Location: Tugun Bypass Project Gold Coast Australia

Tugan Bypass Boys Mark and Terrence take shelter under a bridge on a rainy morning. Mark and Terrence have been doing the concrete and formwork at this crash barrier foundation.

Mark and Terrence at Tugun Bypass Project

Location: Prominent Hill Construction Site and Camp

A nice collection of Prominent Hill photos by Zane Swart. This collection contains 506 photos of around the Prominent Hill Mine job, and other fun after work hours stuff. Start Slideshow

Zane and Yabbie at Prominent Hill

View Zane’s Prominent Hill photo collection.

Shane Chooking Yabbies

Thanks for that Zane

Location: Gold Coast Australia

While doing formwork on the Gold Coast, I was staying at some beach-front apartments in Surfers Paradise which had a pretty good view of the beach and surrounding buildings. Sometimes clouds would surround the Q1 apartment building, and this time I caught a photo.

Q1 Tower in the Clouds

Location: Camp Turner Mining Construction Camp, Pilbara Region, Western Australia

After driving on dirt roads for over an hour from Port Hedland, we finally arrived at the BHP Turner River Bridge Project Village (Camp Turner) entry point. You’ll know you’re almost there when you see the welcome sign on the side of the road.

Camp Turner Entry Point

So off we go to build some abutment formwork, and at the end of the day we can have some dinner then relax in the theater room, or maybe even do some snake handling.

Location: Project Magnet – Iron Duke Mining Construction Site South Australia

Earthmovers and excavator operators Naomi and Des Dunstall getting ready to dig yet another pedestal foundation hole at the Iron Duke.

Naomi and Des Dunstall at Iron Duke Mine

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