Concrete pours underway

Now that we have completed the bulk excavation work to prepare the site for construction in the west stand area of Te Kaha, site concrete pours are now underway. This involves laying a thin layer of concrete, over the base foundations to seal in the underlying material and level off the surface.  We expect to complete the pours by mid December. 

Once this is finished we will move on to pouring site concrete in the south stand. 

Site concrete provides a base for us to begin installing reinforcement and formwork for the slab and beam foundations – which are designed to disperse loads over an extensive area.   

We will be doing large concrete pours in the coming months and will provide further information about timings on these when we have more details. 

Crawler onsite

In other news, we have welcomed our first crawler crane onsite. This model has a 300 tonne capacity and will be used for anything that requires heavy lifting, such as installing reinforcing, concrete formwork and structural steel – at a later date.