Monday 17 December 2012

WATCH THIS!!!

SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM RAN A WEB-CAM LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE INSTALLING THE STEELWORK.

THE RESULT IS THIS GREAT FOOTAGE IN STOP-FRAME SEQUENCE OF OUR WEEK ON SITE.

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Saturday 15 December 2012

JFK STEELWORK NOW INSTALLED

STEELWORK INSTALLED ON SITE

This last week has been a busy one.  Monday started at 4am and our journey to Birmingham to start work on erecting all the steelwork for the Kennedy Memorial.

Thanks to the capable skills of our engineer, Rob Longley and my two co-workers Mark and Nick we managed to raise the structure in five days.

Our very great thanks to Dave Peebles of the Custard Factory for all his considerable assistance and Mike Hopkins and his very friendly and helpful staff at South & City College who gave our steel sheets safe accommodation until they could be fixed to the framework.   


STEELWORK ARRIVES ON SITE


GALVANISED STEEL FRAMES RAISED, BOLTED TOGETHER AND FIXED TO BUILDING STRUCTURE (SEEN FROM ABOVE)


THE SEVEN STEEL FRAMES ARE NOW IN PLACE AND THE CORTEN AND STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS ARE INSTALLED


BY WEDNESDAY EVENING ALL THE LOWER SHEETS HAVE BEEN FIXED AND THE 16.500M BY 4.500M FRAME IS FULLY INSTALLED


MARK WORKING ON INSTALLING THE FIRST CORTEN STEEL LETTERING PANEL OVER THE STAINLESS STEEL BACKING SHEETS


YESTERDAY (FRIDAY 14TH DEC) ALL METALWORK COMPLETED ON AN EXTREMELY WET AND WINDY SITE READY FOR THE MOSAIC ELEMENTS  


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