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- Category: Project DRAX
- Published on 05 May 2012
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2010
10 Nov
Beginning to clear the old flowerbeds, and filling the “pond” outside the shop
2011
May
First delivery of building materials.
18 Jun
New ramp levelled. Path outside shop filled and levelled
21 Jun
New ramp edged and shuttered.
23 Jul
First concrete on new ramp (top and bottom).
18 Aug
Ramp concreting completed. Trial trench dug in grass area.
20 Aug
Path from shop to front door concreted.
27 Aug
Paving slabs lifted from patio. Dome marked out.
11-13 Oct
Footing trenches dug
15 Oct
Footing trenches filled with concrete and levelled.
2012
26 Mar
Site levelled to footings level. Start on plinth hole.
27 Mar
Plinth hole finished. Shuttering box constructed and positioned in hole. Steel reinforcing box constructed.
14 Apr
Shuttering box braced and backfilled.
20 Apr
Shuttering box lined – sand in the bottom and expanded polystyrene on sides. DPM lining for box fitted. Cable conduit fitted. Steel reinforcing into box
21 Apr
Concrete for lower plinth poured
30 Apr
Sole plate template made. Shuttering box for plinth top constructed. Box aligned and braced/secured. Holding down bolt holes located.
2 May
Holding down bolts delivered.
3 May
Final adjustments to shuttering and bolt locators.
9 May
Plinth concrete poured - and the shuttering held!
15 May
Shuttering removed to reveal the "sarcophagus"!
