Monday, June 2, 2008

Construction site visit #1 - Car wash

Car Wash site on Geelong hwy
The car wash that’s under construction on an ex-residential site off Geelong hwy is made up of 5 concrete walls dividing the areas for cars to pull into and be washed. We can see reinforcement bars poking out of the top of the columns at either end of the walls for added support and strength as well as being used to secure the roof to the wall. Lastly beams are running across the top to help keep the walls from moving inwards or outwards and to help further support the roof.
An overall shot of the Car wash site.

Next we can see they are preparing to put the roof on. The walls are set into place and the roof support structure is ready to be lifted on.


Again we can see the roof structure on the ground; however we also see that guard rails have been put into place meaning they are planning to lift the roof on soon.

A couple of pictures of markers that act as a border for the concrete slab.



Lastly a close up of the reinforcement used in the concrete columns. We can also see the beam across the top of the walls.

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