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20/04/2004: A major milestone in the new church building construction has been achieved in the pouring of the concrete slab floor. Requiring 27 concrete mixers to deliver, the slab is made of heavy gauge steel reinforcing and 160 cubic metres of high grade concrete. Work began at 5:30am and continued until 8:00pm when the concrete pour and the trowelling was finally completed. At 5:30am the very next day, a film was sprayed onto the slab to retain moisture, and provide the best curing process. Once again, Nelly was on-hand to record the event in digital photographs.

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IMGP2456Bitumen covers the driveway.JPG (66400 bytes) The finished bitumen driveway with the rectory in the background.
IMGP2426The parking area is covered.JPG (58615 bytes) The car park - looking good with its bitumen top coat.

Heavy vehicles involved in laying the bitumen.

 IMGP2421Start of the bitumen laying.JPG (72458 bytes)

The bitumen team starts work.

 IMGP2415The early start of the bitumen.JPG (85975 bytes)
IMGP2414Driveway ready for the bitumen pour.JPG (63726 bytes) The driveway, between the rectory and the 1968 church building - ready to receive its bitumen coating.
IMGP2413Looking good the next morning.JPG (57885 bytes) another "morning after" view.

Wednesday 21/04/2004. It's the morning after, and the concrete has "gone off" - solidified but not yet hardened.

 IMGP2412The morning after the big pour.JPG (58784 bytes)

The completed slab - still wet.

 IMGP2411What a great finish.JPG (80884 bytes)
IMGP2408Almost finished.JPG (72096 bytes) Near the end of the pour.

Nearing the end of the pour, a "sidewalk supervisor" offers some helpful advice.

 IMGP2407Getting closer to the end.JPG (85938 bytes)

As the concrete is being poured into the slab, a grader in the background prepares the car park area for a bitumen coating.

 IMGP2404Back of block getting ready for bitumen.JPG (88239 bytes)

Gum booted workers ensure that there are no voids (air pockets) in the slab.

 IMGP2401Standing in the lovely stuff.JPG (108433 bytes)
IMGP2399Keep pouring it in.JPG (89146 bytes) A close-up of the business end of the concrete pump, with concreters working the mixture down into the trenches.

The slightly raised dais can be seen clearly in this shot.

 IMGP2397Slab is getting larger.JPG (113497 bytes)

The concrete pump hose allows the concrete to be delivered to the exact right spot - sure beats wheelbarrows!

 IMGP2394Directing the fall of concrete.JPG (105215 bytes)

One of 27 full-sized concrete mixers delivers its load to the St Johns site.

 IMGP2391Each truck brings 6 cubic metres.JPG (89019 bytes)
IMGP2388Teamwork of the concreters.JPG (92139 bytes) Workers deliver the concrete to each segment in turn.
IMGP2384It is starting to fill up.JPG (81594 bytes) Pour in progress.

Work started from the far side of the site back towards Royston Parade.

 IMGP2383A long way to go yet.JPG (88214 bytes)

The long arm of the concrete pump extends out to the far side of the slab.

 IMGP2382The arm of the concrete pump.JPG (86385 bytes)
IMGP2380The first bit of the slab.JPG (97609 bytes) The first segment is complete.

The concrete pump - pumps concrete from the delivery vehicle to the job site.

 IMGP2379concrete pump.JPG (88691 bytes)

Reinforcing steel ready to be flooded with concrete.

 IMGP2362let the concrete trucks come.JPG (105092 bytes)
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