Sherwood Oaks, Mansfield
Today I started a new contract at Sherwood Oaks, Mansfield. We don’t often work so far away from our offices down in Telford, but as times are hard for all in the construction industry we are prepared to do almost anything.
I will have the pleasure of being part of the construction of a ‘Healthcare Village‘ for BAM Construction. We have already got some labour and heavy machinery on site to begin some earthworks before we get fully stuck in. The site will eventually consist of 3 multi-level buildings and car-parking with associated drainage and landscaping. We will have around 4 months to get all 3 buildings complete up to their concrete floor slab including all drainage works.
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Posted: March 24th, 2009 by Chris
| Filed under Civils, Drainage, Roads
Total Station on Tripod - Credit: flickr dandiffendale
This is the second of a 4-part series of blogs that will hopefully give some insight into what I do as a site-based Civil Engineer. The posts are broken down into the following subjects:
You can say that this post covers my primary role as a Civil Engineer. For any work to be carried out on a construction site the workforce must be told what to build and where to build it. It is my responsibility to do this and to ensure it is done swiftly and correctly. Essentially my job is to translate the construction drawings issued to us by the client and create offsets and other markings that the workforce can understand and follow.
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Posted: January 14th, 2009 by Chris
| Filed under Civils, Drainage, Roads
