This amazing job was completed by Firth for Fletcher Construction. It's a floor slab for an airport hangar at Wellington airport. For further details contact Firth on 0800 800 576. Music: Del Ray by Sola Rosa. music.solarosa....
Known as The Cowboy I was the Pump Opperator that Day 🐘 Putzi 28z Frightliner my Boys Dave and Gorkie were on the Remote / Hose . Im at the End .The Job was for PETER JACKSON and his Jet Wellington Airport
Nice pour! Company i work with now wouldve had a single copperhead and 6 rakers, one rider and 4 walk bwhinds.. hating life thw qhole way lol. Nice to see it done the right way.
It was shot using 2x Canon 450D still cameras and combined the frames at 30fps, not video cameras. The interval between frames was 5 seconds most of the time. For a couple of shots (Firth trucks outside with hazard lights on) I dropped that to 2-3 second intervals.
Dont put your power trowels on that wet. Plastic makes the water come up to the surface unlike none plastic or vapor berriers. .i like to wait for surface water to be a bit less then these guys butt what a crew everybody doing there job is awesome to watch. Anyone explain to me what kind of rebar they use in this slab. Iv never seen it. Thanks
That was really cool....curious though, why a post tension slab on grade? Honest question...and no rebar. Ive never seen anything like that and want to learn.
I doubt it is a materials cost issue. The design engineer must have had a good reason, I would guess it had to do with soil issues. In any case great video, very clean, efficient operation. I don't like the heavy equip. on the tendons and the placement of the chairs during the pour, but I don't see how they could have done it differently, considering the screed and pump used. I would like to know the production rate for this pour if it is known.
Genis Demi watching this hurt my brain.. PT is for allowing greater spans between supports. This raft slab on ground could have just had steel reo. I can't see what they are pulling the loads to if it's all on ground?
Ryan O'Keefe That’s not the only time post tension is used. I’ve even seen it used on something as simple as a basketball court at a park. Because it seriously retards the development of cracks, so any application where that is essential, some may find it to be worth the cost.
Hello, do you have an email address please, or send me your at info@firth.co.nz, and I will ask one of people involved at the site, to get in ouch with you, Kind regards
Typical Work Day: 1. After 1 min., morning coffee break. (7.5 sec.) 2. Work another 52.5 sec., until lunch. (15 sec,) 3. After lunch, work for 60 sec. 4. Afternoon break: 7.5 sec. 5. Work for another 1 min, 45 sec. 6. Pick up tools: 7 1/2 seconds. 7 Drive home: about ten seconds average. Notes a. The lunch break would actually stretch the day to 5 min. 15 sec. b. One of the minutes should pay time and a half.
What post tension on a ground slab. Well there you go it’s true then we Aussie are very far away from many countries but hell we know how to pour and finish big slabs , unlike these persons; How and who was controlling the concrete and the rest of the so so professionals I see here (NOT )
PT slab on grade....genius. I would just use a layer of BRC mesh. Even is soil problem, it is still no excuse. If soil is bad, you will use suspended slab system. say you have piles or footings to support the slab. In the end the load transfer to the PT slab has to go somewhere right? why not just use pile or footing if the soil is bad. I reckon they forget to stress the tendons.. haha
Some of that process is automated. The concrete batch plant is largely automated. Those concrete pumps are a degree of automation, the laser screed is another form of automation. A whole bunch of labor has been removed from this process already. I imagine the rest of it could be automated but won't be until the cost of manual labor outweighs the development of robots that could do every little task required and adapt to every variable within each unique job site as well without starting from zero.
Unfortunately, the most simplest and primitive jobs of all time require human skill, like brick, block, and tile laying. The same goes for making a slab. It looks easy; just pour cement and that is it, but their is more than that, you have to caress the cement and know how to do it right. This is true craftsmanship and not some low skilled job, so take some appreciation to this people, b/c no matter what they do, machines will never be able to do this, ironic isn’t it but it’s a fact not an opinion.
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