Holdfast Training Services Trial Blog

Richard, All,

This blog is in response to a conversation on Damo’s last feed.

Here are some photos as requested. I must add that although this abutment will be black jacked (bitumen cover) and buried it was intended to look exactly like the finished bridge…we have some work to do!

The kicker should simply look like a line joint

The wing wall has had to be built up. This will not have the durability it should. If you look closely you can see aggregate viable on the top face.

Staining, we’re not sure why…has anyone had anything similar? I am conducting trails in a couple of weeks to try out different formwork materials

In other news, we hit an obstruction in the river and had to bring in a spud barge with 45tn machine. It proved to be a great spectator sport but not much work was done on site whilst it was here.