Location: Port Adelaide SA Precasting six cone shaped concrete structures 2 at a time for the Adelaide Aqua Port Stanvac Desalination project. Scaffolding The 400 mm thick bases for the concrete units was poured first and the 2600 mm cone … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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
Location: Road Bridge – Port Adelaide South Australia After each column concrete pour, the column formwork gets stripped down to be cleaned with high pressure water blasting and grinding with a wire wheel to remove all the slurry. Cleaning Column … Continue reading
Location: Road Bridge – Port Adelaide South Australia Here is the concrete bridge columns resulting from the use of this column formwork. The bridge will eventually span accross one railway track and one busy main road. Concrete Bridge Columns Formworkers … Continue reading
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
Location: Road Bridge – Port Adelaide South Australia Formwork carpenter Ray goes inside these bridge column concrete forms to ensure that the reinforcement steel has the correct cover by positioning small concrete blocks (aspros) in between the formwork and the … Continue reading
Location: Road Bridge – Port Adelaide South Australia All the access scaffolding is now complete on this bridge column formwork. We are not quite ready for concrete yet because city council inspectors must give the okay first. Column Formwork Almost … Continue reading