The Civils Side of Life

Sherwood Oaks, Mansfield

Over the previous week I’ve had the pleasure of doing two jobs instead of just one. With my site manager on holiday I was left holding the reins. It was an interesting week with a simple aim, to pour the structural floor slab to block C.

Thankfully being a bank holiday I only had to cope for 4 days. It all started with blustery showers and a sense that all could be achieved if only the weather treated us kindly. I knew that I could cope with having to do both the engineer work and also do enough planning and organising to keep the job progressing.

All I had to do was to tell people to wait and if necessary to stop until I had time for them. This may seem a little odd but I know that I can handle the pressure of multiple tasks as long as I keep in mind the end goal. I tend to treat each task with the same priority unless something is going to lose us time and/or money. This strategy usually keeps me sane and in control.

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Sherwood Oaks, Mansfield

After a month of working on the contract in Mansfield we are making some good progress. We took a week to regrade the existing ground to match the new levels of the proposed buildings. We should have got more done but we did not have all the information for continuing the contract. 

Weeks 2 and 3 were spent excavating all of the foundations and strip footings for block B, the biggest, and block C. We were able to fill these excavations with ready-mixed concrete and reinforcing steel mesh. Drainage was installed in the rear sections of Block B, these have to be positioned with high accuracy due to internal walls and fixtures dictating their required locations.

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