Work continues on foundations
-
Peter Wilson
Project Director - 13 June 2008
John Doyle, the concrete works trade contractor, continues to work on foundations for the new 1000 seat thrust stage auditorium. The foundations are now being concreted in several areas of the auditorium, including the basement floor slab to the west structural core and the walls to the eastern core are being formed and new construction is beginning to be visible above ground level for the first time.
Excavation work – which will include a new 7 metre deep sub-stage basement – continues and, as excavations are below the water table, water is being pumped away from the site. The remaining excavated material is being stored for use as site fill material around the new foundations and excavations.
Both tower cranes are now operational, lifting equipment and concrete for the construction into the centre of the site.