Tilt Slab site visit, Geelong Road, Geelong West

This site was visited after the floor slab had been laid and the tilt up panels had been mostly casted. The site was a private development by a local firm and it was the construction of a 4 storey office building.

This is a picture of the site in general, note the
concrete slab and the casted panels in the
background. We were lucky enough to be
allowed onto the site, where we could see
the crane in operation.
In the time that we were there, the crane
wasn't doing much as it was the worker's
lunchbreak.






Here is an example of one of the stack casting areas. After speaking to the site foreman, we learnt that during the puring of these slabs, only one set of formwork was used. This is a very efficient way of operating, The tilt panels were cast with lifting point as they are required to be lifted around the site. These panels and the other ones on site at the time were for the bottom level of the project. Further stack casting was to occur with pre-cast panels manufactured offsite to make up the walls and suspended slabs for above levels. The reason for a mixture of the two construction methods was to save money.


This was a good example of site storage. It was also where we were able to see the temporary struts used in the erection of the panels. Some of the struts were telescopic, making them the obvious choice on site, due to their versability.