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Remember this floor we concreted about 8 weeks ago… We’ve more or less buried it now

That might be the case at the end when it’s getting towards completion. At the moment it’s just a concrete shell

More shutters, and some stairs just to add some variety

They’re ok. As everyone says they have there place. You have to keep an eye on the mix, doesn’t take much for stone hopper to get a bit of a blockage and then your concrete becomes grout.

If there is livestock under the roof I’d be tempted to stick with big 6

try spraying it with Sikaguard 705L

Was a relief to see puddles in all the correct places this morning

yeah I employ 3 steel fixers 90% of our work on this job will never been seen at the end of it 🙁

it’s hollow underneath This area becomes the driveway and front garden for the house so it had to carry a lot of weight. We’ve concreted roughly the red box

Not enough trucks on. According to one of drivers they’re quiet at moment. Clearly not quiet enough

We’ve only laid 198.4m3 of concrete. Started at 745 and just finished at 1930. That’s an average of 2.2 loads an hour. It’s shocking

200 cube done today. quite possibly the worst concrete service I have ever had

hmm, not sure. How come you think so?

50t of bar all finished. 200 cube of concrete tomorrow

This is called slip form. They do a lot of high rise buildings like this, they’ll move about 300mm an hour obviously they can move on walls a lot faster. Most concrete walls down the middle of the motorway use this, a firm called Extrudakerb seem to have the market pretty much sewn up

Theres a few totes for this, the most common is a 25mm water bar. It looks like plasticine but on a 10m roll, you nail it or glue it down in the centre of your wall and if water gets under the concrete to it, it will expand. The other is a 250mm wide water bar and you cast 125mm into the base...

Even if I don’t take them down the next day they definitely need cracking loose to stop them sticking

Danny, what you trying to do? Pour. Two walls and have the joint between watertight? Yes you can pour walls and bolt steel to top

Haven’t a clue I’m not an engineer.

The stanchions don’t hold them in