Using Geotub means good progress at the Silverdale Medical site North of Auckland

Watts and Hughes Site Manager Grant Collings is wrapt with the progress from Harbour Group on the 600mm Round columns for the Silverdale Medical site North of Auckland.

36 columns in 7 days using 6 x 3m Geotub Formers is great progress.

Betonamit is the product if you need to remove large boulders without the use of exposives

BETONAMIT is a non-explosive cracking agent for noiseless vibrationless demolition without flyrock. It is supplied as a powder. 

Betonamit can be used inside buildings, outdoors, under water and everywhere that large demolition machinery cannot be used.
Betonamit is available from Everitt Site Supplies.

Geostar 70-100 used on Middlemore Hospital Project

Geostar 70-100 Adjustable square & rectangular concrete column formwork  was used to form these 900mm square crane legs on the current Middlemore Hospital project.

This was the first time this crew have used the Geostar System and they put it together with ease. The Geostar plastic formwork system from Everitt Site Supplies is light weight. No mobile crane was required. The smooth plastic formwork surfaces produce a nice finish, and are incredibly easy to clean. 

A good result all round with quality columns and cost efficiencies.

KleenKote helping Jasmax Architects to push the envelope on AUT buildings

In keeping with the AUTs desire to push the innovation envelope, Jasmax - the Architects for the 'WG Precinct on Mayoral Drive' project (with main contractor - Fletcher Construction), required a rough sawn timber finish to the outside of the buildings concrete core. Never an easy task with the variables associated with insitu or site poured concrete.

In addition to the very fine detail required on the concrete surface, it was imperative that any residue from a form release didn't hinder the application of subsequent protective coatings.

Exhaustive trials with release agents, sealers, and concrete mixes by Dominion Constructors meant Everitt's KleenKote was chosen to attempt to achieve the desired result.

A technical blend of environmentally friendly oils and water the Kleenkote is not only safer to use for the building site but can provide a release for the most intricately detailed forms.

Easily applied on site to forms by roller or spray, a minimum quantity is needed to achieve a result and being non greasy and non toxic Kleenkote is also recommended for use on any surface or machinery that requires protection from concrete splatter.

Kleenkote is also being used to protect finished painted steel on site.

Good result, nice finish!!

Highrise Construction Ltd use re-usable plastic concrete forming to pour 250 Columns

Highrise Construction Ltd needed to pour 250 Columns 300mm x 400mm x 3m high for the new carpark for Mainzeal Construction at Fisher and Paykel's head office in East Tamaki.

With a very tight program Mike Speck and his team are rapt to have managed a turnaround of 5 columns a day, a great achievement.

More about the Reusable plastic concrete forming column formwork from Everitt Site Supplies.

Concrete Structures Ltd using Transguard 4000 on Victoria Park Tunnel project

Concrete Structures Ltd in Wiri are supplying precast panels to the Victoria Park Tunnel project. The spec calls for water cured concrete and the Transguard 4000 from Everitt Site Supplies provides a no mess answer. The Transguard 4000 Cover absorbes water and holds it in close contact with the concrete face and eliminates standing water from the factory floor. Transguard is tough as well and provides multiple reuses. This makes it the most cost effective curing method available.

Mansons TCLM Ltd recognised the speed and flexibility of the new Geostar from Everitts

Mansons TCLM Ltd recognised the speed and flexibility of the new Geostar from Everitts was the right formwork for an interesting insitu pilaster detail on their precast wall joints in Freemans Bay.

By using a standard 600mm x 1200mm Geopanel, coupled with the 200mm-600mm adjustable Geostar Panel, they were able to form the 400mm x 600mm pilasters in no time. 

In fact B&W's experienced formworker Rennie Aleke's comment 'just too easy' says it all. The icing on the cake is the fact that Manson TCLM end up with formwork capable of forming columns in any combination between 200mm and 600mm.

Re-usable Plastic Formwork Saves Crane Costs on West Auckland Project

Concrete column forming and finishing carried out by B&W Construction Ltd, for COD Construction, using Geotub Column Formwork. Used on this project are 400 x 400 Square column reusable formwork and 600mm Round column reusable formwork. The round columns are 9 metres high and are erected without the use of a crane.

Re-usable Plastic Formwork Saves Time on Papakura Pak'nSave Project

Pak'nSave Underground Carpark, Papakura, constructed by Savory Construction Ltd, uses Re-usable Round Column formwork.Only 8 x 450mm round Geotubs were used to form 180 columns. “I'd never go back to the old way, the time saving is phenomenal. I'd recommend these to any construction company.” Scott Yardley - Project Manager, Savory Construction Ltd