Visit 14
Date : Thursday 31st January 2019
Weather : Temp -8.5°C, Dry, sunny.
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)
Compass to quantify any recent lost time due to temperature.
Site Personnel
1 Site Manager + 1 Trainee Site Manager
0 Pre cast installer
1 Crane
4 Glulam Erection Squad
0 Groundworkers
0 Concrete Squad
0 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.
Andrew Cowie : Concrete slab installer
FP McCann : Precast Conscrete
Activities on site
Bolt pads have been stripped and Pads have been put back over the bolts to keep the pockets clean and free of debris.
The 1st lift of blockwork forming the stair enclosure has been built. Low temperatures are hampering progress on site. Compass are looking at an alternative to the concrete blocks and cap slabs above 1st floor. An amendment to warrant will be required due to proposed change in fire proofing the stairwell.
The GF Slab has been poured and is complete. Much of the slab is covered in snow and ice however it was noted that the areas of exposed slab are suffering from a degradation of the surface. Possibly due to low temperatures overnight after the pour. See photos below. Proposals required from Compass as to how the issue will be rectified.
The 1st delivery of Glulam materials has arrived on site. Low temperatures and ice underfoot have made the site unsafe. All the bolts are frozen solid in the cones. Between the frozen bolts and ground conditions the PC has deemed works on site too unsafe to proceed until temperatures rise. Materials were offloaded and works halted till w/c 4th February.
Carpark upfill is ongoing.
Upcoming Activities
Complete escape stair blockwork and cap slab.
Glulam deliveries will progress as works get going.
Blockwork construction to stairwell is on the critical path since the cap slab needs to go on before glulam is installed. Design works for the revised stair wall and capping detail are ongoing and proposals are awaited. This will now be installed after the glulam frame has been built.
Progress car park works.
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