Yesterday was a big day on the Parkview project. The street was closed to allow a big
concrete pump truck to set up to place concrete in the next two foundations and floors in unit 3. The floors will be heated by hot water circulating through a series of looped plastic embedded in the concrete. yesterday the pumper delivered concrete through a window on each level where it was spread, levelled and then power trowelled. In a couple of weeks it will be honed, but even today they look fantastic.
The next operation was placing the concrete in the
Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) forms for unit 2 and 5's foundations. This was a little nerve-wracking as they are at least 10 feet high and if done to quickly could potentially burst open. They were well braced and by placing a 4 foot lift first and letting it set a little, the forms were able to accept the second, top-up lift.
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