Visit 10
Date : Thursday 20th December
Weather : Temp 2°C, Dry, slightly overcast
Principal Contractor : Compass Building & Construction Services Ltd
Site Manager : Robbie Tewnion & Jake Reid
Time Lost : 3 days lost to wet trades (3rd Dec 0°C, 4th Dec -1.5°C, & 5th Dec -7°C)
Site Personnel
1 Site Manager + 1 Trainee Site Manager 0 Joiners 0 Lorry driver removing spoil 0 Ecologist 3 Groundworkers 1 Brick laying squad 0 Site Engineer
Sub Contractors Appointed
Shane MacLennan Groundworks Scotframe Kit supply & design Glulam Solutions Kit and glulam erection FP McCann Precast concrete supply & install. C MacPhee Bricklayer Gartec Lift supplier & installer.
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Activities on site
Bolt pads have been stripped and bolts have been loosened and are free within the cones. Pads have been put back over the bolts to keep the pockets clean and free of debris.
Plinth for the base of the pre cast stair has been cast. Dowels have been cast in to the pad for continuity with the slab pour when it happens.
The 1st lift of blockwork forming the stair enclosure has been built. The remaining blockwork will be built after the GF slabs have been cast.
Joiners have now formed and installed internal shutters on top of the bolt pads to allow the floor slabs to be cast up to the bolt pads.
Drain pop ups and service ducts have been installed and preparation for GF slab pours has commenced with sub floor upfill complete.
Sand blinding will be spread prior to laying DPM and insulation after the new year. The sub base was still frozen from the previous nights low temperatures.
Construction of parking soakaways adjacent to the road are ongoing.
Upcoming Activities
Lay sand blinding, dpm, underfloor & perimeter insulation.
Cast GF Slabs.
Erect scaffold and complete blockwork to the stairwell, install precast and complete stair blockwork.
Install Glulam and timber kit.
Progress car park works
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