The complex structure of diagonal and horizontal bracing to support the Visitor Centre steelwork is being completed. These struts generally weigh over one tonne each and have to be held in place by the crane whilst a steel worker, in a basket from another crane, is lowered down to fix the bolts to the clamps. The clamps are bolted to the six steel/concrete piles which ultimately carry the 600 tonne load of the building.
The next operation will be the forming of the reinforced concrete slab. Constructing the slab will be a complex operation as firstly a troughed steel deck is laid on the steelwork. Then steel bar reinforcement is fixed in place to provide the tensile strength and to tie the slab to the existing Pier steelwork. Finally the concrete!
This will be pumped the from the loading bay on the Promenade. Well over 100 tonnes of concrete wii be pumped nearly 200 metres along the Pier in one continuous operation. The slab should be completed by mid-July. It will then be ready for the pre-fabricated timber building that will be erected on top to form the Visitor Centre.
July Newsletter available at http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8a4088db8993613ffc321ff30&id=483de8b756&e=531273b27b
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