Precision engineering and dedication on display

While most of us were sleeping, the Project QuayLink crew were onsite at 2.30am last week to complete the second in-situ concrete deck pour, this time on the southern approach bridge of the new Spirit of Tasmania wharf. The early start helps to set the concrete in cooler temperatures and avoids the winds that invariably pick up later in the day.

The work saw 98 cubic metres of concrete (about 17 truckloads) placed to form part of the final wharf deck.

The 30sec timelapse video shows the work over the last four hours of the concrete pour and highlights the complexities of marine infrastructure construction within a 24/7 working port. Not to mention the 3.5m tides!

From the Rebecca Lily barge placing precast headstocks by a 500T crane onto piles in the water, the driving of both vertical and raker piles, traffic management of concrete trucks and other vehicles, to working in a live port environment around general port traffic and shipping, the interfaces are complex and highly planned.