Here are some shots of this week's concrete work on our new Library/Radio/Art/Fitness wing.

You can see a concrete pump truck (the bright orange beast) extending to reach each of the columns (see all the wood forming?). These columns are formed/braced with wood, but use a SonaTube form for the cylindrical form. Inside is a rebar cage (a rounded ‘skeleton’ made of reinforcing steel) from the concrete slab to the top of the columns. The worker holds the concrete pump hose at the top of the column form and fills the column, in and around the rebar.

When the forms are removed, there will be 12 cylindrical concrete columns standing at the edge of the slab.

Hehehe so thats what happens when you put concrete into those stork thingys with rebar LOL..

Sorry cant help myself .......

or,the concrete discharge hose and a concrete vibrator are placed about a foot from the bottom,whilest the tube gets filled, the discharge hose gets elevated to stay 1 foot above concrete level while vibrator stays 1 foot below concrete level thus after being stripped 12 ssssssmmmmmmooooootttttthhhhhh concrete columns will stand proud at the new library..too many hours on the old cement pump today

LOL stand proud as the tripod every morning at 4am . ok ok stop im laughing to much !