Friday, September 11, 2009

Playing the frame game

Initial impressions from the general public regarding the size of the new retail shed's slab, was that it was "big" or "awesome" or we even occasionally heard "how ya gonna fill that space up?".

Fortunately, our intention is to fill the shed up with quality seconds, from many, many sources.

But before we can fill it up, we have to build it first...

The next phase of the redevelopment has started and we are now onto the frame erection process.

Fascinating in its simplicity, the frame has been erected by Greg Jackson from ABC Sheds in two stages:
1) Columns and roof trusses.
2) Perlins and wall girts.

We took delivery of the frame components on the morning of Thursday the 3rd of September. By lunchtime the preparation work had been completed and the installation process was underway.

The first stage involved the installation of the vertical columns and roof trusses. The image below shows the final few centimetres of the first column's journey into position.

From these first few steps, the rest of the frame's columns and roof trusses were installed by 5.00pm that afternoon (just in time for the rain).








Wednesday, September 2, 2009

New YouTube channel for Salamander Bay Recycling

Click on the link below and subscribe to the Recycling Centre's new YouTube channel.


ABC 1233 Radio interview June 2009

Click on the play button and listen to a radio interview conducted in June of 2009 between the Recycling Centre's Business Development Manager, Gerard McClafferty and ABC 1233 Reporter Matthew Bevan.

Gerard gave Matthew a behind-the-scenes guided tour of the Recycling Centre where they found some interesting things to talk about...


Slabs, slabs, trenches and slabs #2

Computer Repair Shed:

To accommodate the construction of our new Computer Repair Shed, we first of all had to link services into the various underground mains systems (power, telecoms and waste).

The formwork was also laid for the shed's slab, but first, fences were removed and the area was cleared to allow for contractor access.

With the formwork laid the concreting contractors were able to pour the slab in just over 4 hours.

Before...

During...

And, after.