Mondays with Mark: Rebar Reinforcements

I am so grateful for the sunny weather because it has allowed the work crews to get a lot done on the building. The crew installing the rebar was on site this week, building the steel reinforcements to hold up the concrete suspended slab. Over 20 tons of steel is used to reinforce the suspended slab alone!  As you can see from the following photo there is a complex system of tubes and wires that must be put in place before the concrete is poured. 

The crew began pouring the concrete later on in the week. It was quite a sight to behold. Twenty-five concrete trucks each containing 10 cubic metres of concrete were needed to fill the remaining portion of the suspended slab. The crew members needed to work fast because the concrete cannot sit for more than an hour before it begins curing. The following pictures show the crew pouring the concrete.

Be sure to check back next week for more updates and pictures.