Red Mars
Senior Member
Sat Sep 5, 2020
It seems unusual to me that they are starting the first level above grade without pouring the on-grade floor slab but I suppose this means they can pour it 'indoors'They poured the last bit of the north wall, and formwork is going up for the floor on the next level.
I thought that too. Anyway, today the formwork was gone but the supports for it are still in place.It seems unusual to me that they are starting the first level above grade without pouring the on-grade floor slab but I suppose this means they can pour it 'indoors'
The formwork is back, and more of it too. It is odd but .....I thought that too. Anyway, today the formwork was gone but the supports for it are still in place.
I noticed that too. I'd love to be privy to the project plan...The formwork is back, and more of it too. It is odd but .....
Indeed, today they are pouring the slab onto the new rebar. Still VERY puzzled as to why they have not yet poured the on grade slab but ..... Maybe they want to pour all of it at once???They've beeing beavering away on the rebar for floor of the first above grade level.
I noticed that too. I'd love to be privy to the project plan...
They were still busy trowelling 20 minutes ago.Indeed, today they are pouring the slab onto the new rebar. Still VERY puzzled as to why they have not yet poured the on grade slab but ..... Maybe they want to pour all of it at once???
A feasible theory or maybe they want/need to pour the `base slab` all at one time. I have never seen this done before so it is quite puzzling! Where is UT's highly paid team of construction experts?They were still busy trowelling 20 minutes ago.
I wonder, based on absolutely no knowledge at all, if the concrete has to cure for a while before it can bear the weight of the forms for the floor above. So they poured the second lowest floor, remove the forms, and then pour the bottom floor. Meanwhile they can carry on pouring walls and columns above.