Office of the
County Architect
Casa Nueva Office Building
Wednesday, June 26, 2002

Formwork...Steel...Plumbing...Concrete Pour

 

Vertical Form Work

The vertical form work for the tall retaining wall takes shape...the formwork for some shear walls had been removed.

 

Steel (and lots of it!)

(left) vertical shear wall...(right) lots of steel in the retaining wall.

 

 

Retaining Wall

Yvonne says this is a big wall...but she has built bigger ones!

   
Panorama

 


Bruce, the inspector!

Bruce takes look at the details for the retaining wall...the contractor is getting ready to pour the wall soon.

   

Elevator Pit and Walls.
Next to get concrete...

 

 

Concrete shear wall.
There holes in each walls that were caused by the steel rod's that held the formwork in place. Those is cone shaped so the rode comes out with just a tap.

 
A team places support...

The used formwork....a team prepare the vertical walls for the next stage of work.


Concrete pumper truck arrives...

Here the pumper truck arrives and gets ready to do the next pour...

Coordination is the key!
Here the end result and the pre-concrete condition to in-wall junction boxes.

   

Retaining wall.

   

Another View...
The low wall (shown with formwork) was poured today.

   

Another view of the retaining wall.