How To Lay a Concrete Slab for a Garden Shed
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Make Your Own Fire Extinguisher Trolley With Built-In Storage Rack
On many construction sites, and all mining construction sites, it is a requirement to have a fire extinguisher in your work area if: Performing any kind of Hot Work such as: Grinding with an angle grinder or petrol powered Quick-Cut. … Continue reading
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
The Quick and Easy Way To Make a Z-Bar Extracting Tool
Location: Northern Expressway Adelaide SA When Z-Bars become difficult to extract because concrete slurry has leaked into the conduit, it may be necessary to make a heavy duty Z-Bar extracting tool. Z-Bar Extractor Simply cut a notch in the plate … 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
Bridge Bearing Formwork
Location: Port Adelaide South Australia This is the formwork which will be used to cast the bridge bearings into position on top of the concrete columns. Silicon sealer was used to completely seal the formwork in order to stop any … 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
Free Mining Industry Website Templates
If you are building a mining industry website and are not ready to step through the web design mine field, then why not pick up some free mining web templates just to get your feet wet. Mining Industry Website Templates … Continue reading
Star Picket Extractor and Star Picket Driver
Iron Duke Mining Construction Site South Australia Avoid injuries by using a star picket driver to drive in star pickets when erecting safety barricades. Avoid back injuries by using the star picket extractor (also called star picket puller) to extract … 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