kap73
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like we have spoke about before concrete/shotcrete/grout etc has a mind of its own and once u mix it, its game on lol we lost a whole 12 hour shift
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like we have spoke about before concrete/shotcrete/grout etc has a mind of its own and once u mix it, its game on lol we lost a whole 12 hour shift
movingiron88
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They always know better, and they are not the ones that have to fix the mess. I have limited experience with shotcrete but will get my share of it this year. A bunch of substructure repairs topped off with it. Should be fun
. I will be picking your brain at some point. Thanks for sharing.
kap73
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They always know better, and they are not the ones that have to fix the mess. I have limited experience with shotcrete but will get my share of it this year. A bunch of substructure repairs topped off with it. Should be fun
everything works in perfect conditions and only running fuck all hoses, as you know out on site conditions are rarely ideal.
to be honest with you mate u can pick my brain all you want and i will share any knowledge i can but as u knw it means fuck all till ur standing there seeing it happen.
shotcrete is so hit and miss, u can either have one of the easiest shifts and all of a sudden ur running like a mad man, hit pipes with hammer etc. personally i think shotcrete is a dangerous game. every time u start pumping theres a good chance the nozzle with clog up and expand like a baboons arse. but u can spray twice as much as dry gun in a shift with half the rebound
Logan44551
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Hanging rigid board with another ' journeyman' today. I'm on lift lift calling out measurements. I say ' 23 and 3/16's'. He tells me his tape doesn't have those. I look very confused, then look at his tape measure it has the numbers on the one side 1/4,3/8,1/2,5/8,3/4. Apparently you don't have to learn to read a tape measure at apprenticeship shcool anymore
Lol, it's happening in the northeast as well. All of those things men should know are slowly fading away. I blame it on the demise of the boy scouts, and maybe fuel injection. And man buns, those have to be part of the issue in some way
Wiring in a local college's av system. Velcro on the data lines folks. Gotta be up to code.
Dip cup in the rack and an empty container of what used to be steak tips and veggies. Good way to spend your morning lol
Logan44551
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soeven though we are on the core and shell contract, they made us wait until TI was done to do our board. Definitely more time consuming now that everything is in.
HIGHRISK
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I want my shit to be clean af like that.
movingiron88
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Doing that shit has to be tedious. Working overhead and making cuts around all of that bullshit would drive me nuts.
Logan44551
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Not much fun, especially with a partner that doesn't read a tape well
Just makes life so much easier when it's managed in a clean manner. Troubleshooting electrical issues when wiring is all fucked up suxxx
Logan44551
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4 inch rigid board shot on to deck on underside of a balcony. We got to go in last, everything in. I had 1 full 4+8 sheet out of a hundred boards. Everything else has been multiple cuts.
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kap73
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been over western australia for a week setting up formwork for a major shutdown on a mineral sand kiln.
the kiln is 90metre long and 5m diameter. have to replace all the internal cast (concrete kinda). 750 tonne of cast for the job, can only mix 1 tonne at a time. working time for cast about 32min including 8min mix time.. if you compare to concrete u think that stuff weighs 2.3tonne to a cubic metre and we get 7 cubic metre truck, so well over 15tonne per mix
ive pre-built the inlet cone for one end of the kiln, just did a dry fit in the shed so i know it will work onsite. pretty cool formwork.
the kiln is 90metre long and 5m diameter. have to replace all the internal cast (concrete kinda). 750 tonne of cast for the job, can only mix 1 tonne at a time. working time for cast about 32min including 8min mix time.. if you compare to concrete u think that stuff weighs 2.3tonne to a cubic metre and we get 7 cubic metre truck, so well over 15tonne per mix
ive pre-built the inlet cone for one end of the kiln, just did a dry fit in the shed so i know it will work onsite. pretty cool formwork.
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Logan44551
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Bad ass work dude!
Logan44551
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I installed a new material today, they call it cafco board. It's pretty much a very dense roxul with a white faced paper on it. Shit is dense as fuck, hanging it on 4.5 in pins. This project is the new terminal at the San Jose airport. Got time and a half today, and tomorrow, and double time on Monday, Uncle Sam is really going to be loving me.
kap73
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fairly heavy to work with? is the board rigid or to u have to handle with care?
haha get that double bubble while u can mate, who care how much uncle sam loves u just think u'd pay more tax to be putting more in ur own pocket. thats my outlook on that
Logan44551
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Oh I am, and it is rigid as fuck. We have to relive the back against the beams where the monacote is or the pins won't go through the board
kap73
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do u shoot those pins on with a stud gun (or fuse welder)
