Site Visit #1

This construction site is located on the corner of Bay St. and Cochrane St. in Brighton (South-east Melbourne). It is a small/medium sized commercial buildilng, with both office and retail spaces spread over three levels, in addition to a two level basement. A number of precast concrete panels have been elevated in the last few days, and the overall form of the building is starting to take shape.



This is a graphic interpretation of the proposed building.



Here we can view some external precast concrete tilt-up panels with temporary props. The photo also shows some shade cloth which helps reduce the flow of dust and debris off site. Safety railing is also present.



Scaffold props and temporary support beams are ready for the bondeck formwork to be placed upon.



This photographs shows a steel reinforcing cage for a concrete column. It is awaiting the application of some formwork to shape the concrete pour about the rio. Note that starter rods from the previous pour are connected to the new cage to help produce a level of structural homogeneity.



Here we can see the proposed lift shaft made from prefabricated concrete panels, with its temporary props.