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mwg
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20th Jul 06 at 14:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well maybe, I didn't actually build it, some contractors did. I reckon someone really cool must of been behind the design of it though







Nobody will know what it is though
3CorsaMeal
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20th Jul 06 at 14:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is it some kinda power thingy?
AndyW
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20th Jul 06 at 14:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bomb shelter
mwg
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20th Jul 06 at 14:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no nothing as exciting as a power thingy or a bomb shelter
3CorsaMeal
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20th Jul 06 at 14:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sewage treatment plant?
AndyW
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20th Jul 06 at 14:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yea sess pit? or summat along them lines?

or gas storage fuck know just tell us
AndyW
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20th Jul 06 at 14:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its solid so it protecting something!
mwg
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20th Jul 06 at 14:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The 2 walls leading up to the box structure are an outlet from a flood storage surface water reservoir thats being built. The Dam will cover right up and around all the walls so wont be able to see any of the concrete and the water will flow between the 2 walls. There will be a stone wall sat on top.

The box structure is a hydrobrake chamber. That will be in the middle of the dam so wont be seen either.

Told you it wasn't exciting

[Edited on 20-07-2006 by Matty G]
AndyW
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20th Jul 06 at 14:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i think it wud make a better bomb shelter
Icy
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20th Jul 06 at 14:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how do they put the conrete in and smooth it? or wot
interestin stuff
AndyW
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20th Jul 06 at 14:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
use shuttering icy
mwg
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20th Jul 06 at 14:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
that blue hopper you can see in the 2nd pic down has concrete in it and it comes out through the bottom of that and then down into the shuttering. theres a crane holding the hopper in the air and everytime it needs filling it turns round and lowers the hopper down to the concrete wagon.

its quite a smooth finish, but not the best.

when they lift the concrete in the way they have done it the aggregate in the concrete mix gets displaced when they drop it in from the top when it hits the reinforcement bars then you get big air holes.

if they had used a concrete pump they would of got a better finish.
AndyW
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20th Jul 06 at 14:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
concrete pumps are amazing int they used to use them when laying footings
mwg
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20th Jul 06 at 14:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
expensive though. thats why the contractors didn't use one cos it was cheaper to use a crane even though we wanted them to use a concrete pump.
Melville
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20th Jul 06 at 14:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Explain a bit more about shutterings please In easy terms of course lol
AndyW
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20th Jul 06 at 15:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shuttering, is just boarding up somthing ou want to concrete, look it up on google lol
Icy
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20th Jul 06 at 15:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ah rite cool
always wondered
Melville
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20th Jul 06 at 15:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No Im an accountant
Melville
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Hang on you deleted your post
mwg
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20th Jul 06 at 15:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah got mixed up!
mwg
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20th Jul 06 at 15:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
here you go. this'll explain it better than I can

http://www.pavingexpert.com/formwk01.htm
a_j_mair
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20th Jul 06 at 15:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shuttering is just big boards basically with steel rods through them holding them together so when the concrete is poured in the middle they don bulge out and fall down.

thats why you see whole through it.

they get it smooth with what us basically a big vibrator ran off a compressor that vibrates and gets all the air out. need to paint the sides with lots of oil before they go up aswell so they dont stick.

smoothness depends on what shutters are made of.

should take a look at scottish parliment building, it has some very impressive shuttered concrete barrel vault ceilings
mwg
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20th Jul 06 at 15:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and also went about 100 times over budget if its the one I'm thinking of
a_j_mair
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20th Jul 06 at 15:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes but still an impressive building

 
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