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Return Dodgy Plant to the Plant Hire Company
The photo below shows a formworker using a dodgy welding unit which was supplied by a plant hire company in Adelaide. What is wrong with this picture? Dodgy Welding Unit It is dodgy because the handpiece cable is only 1500 … Continue reading
Dodgy Slab Formwork with no Bedlog
Location: Bolivar Water Treatment Plant SA While this slab formwork “may” hold the concrete, it could be done a bit more professionally by using plywood rips and a bedlog to straighten the edgeform instead of wire. I can’t believe the … Continue reading
The Correct way to Secure Timber Formwork with Pins and Wedges
Pins and wedges are often used to secure many types of timber formwork in order to prevent concrete blow out while at the same time define a nice straight “edge of concrete” line. Pins and Wedges used to secure Formwork … Continue reading
Truck Crosses Railway Track Ignoring Safety Boom
Location: Port Adelaide South Australia Normally, when the red light is flashing and the safety boom is down at a railway crossing, the intention is that drivers wait until the train passes, the safety boom raises and the lights stop … Continue reading
Crane Falls Over Bridge While Lifting Bus
While lifting a crashed bus from the river, the crane setup on top of the bridge tips over and falls in. They say that the bus weighs 14 tonnes, but I wonder if this includes the weight of the water. … Continue reading
Dodgy Unsafe Looking Truck Load at Port Adelaide
Location: Port Adelaide South Australia Yet another unsafe looking truck I saw while doing Bridge Formwork at Port Adelaide. It should be noted that this is not some quiet back street, but a very busy main road. Dodgy Unsafe Looking … Continue reading
Example of No Cover on Concrete Column
Location: A Surfers Paradise High-Rise Construction Site, Gold Coast Australia There is nothing more disappointing than stripping the formwork from columns or walls and discovering that there is absolutely no cover from the edge of the concrete to the reinforcement … Continue reading
Crane Crashes Through Concrete Floor at a Sydney Construction Site
Location: A Construction Site In Sydney Australia on the 26th of September, 2008 Brand new (nine day old) 250 tonne Leibher Crane crashes through concrete floor on a Sydney Construction Site. I have not been told of any injuries or … Continue reading
Uncovered Truck Loads at Port Adelaide
Location: Francis Street Port Adelaide South Australia While doing bridge formwork at Port Adelaide, I was surprised to see so many trucks with either uncovered and/or unsecured loads driving down the street. It became normal to see some kind of … Continue reading