The cleanest building site?

13 Bozier court has a polished concrete slab and one of the potential issues with having a slab polished and basically finished so early in the construction phase was how it can be protected while the other trades are on site.
A big thanks to Don and all the Sanctuary 28 subbies with the care exercised and the cleanup of the slab at the end of the day by either sweeping or cleaning with an garden blower.
I think this is the first site I’ve seen where the slab is completely clear of debris, materials, sawdust etc. The time spent at the end of the day cleaning gives everyone a cleaner and safer area to work in the following day.

Owner, Janelle co-ordinating the bathroom floor tiles with polished slab

framing underway at bozier court

The structural steel frames have been erected and the S28 carpenters  John and Chris are erecting the timber frames. It won't be long until the basic skeleton is up and the buildings form  and massing can be better appreciated.

street view showing the portal frame and cantilevered hood

John & Chris erecting the frames

Its great to see the care taken by the subbies to protect the polished floor from any potential damage or staining.
Tomorrow we meet with JH Williams (Vantage windows) to run over the final details prior to window fabrication.

bozier court - slab polishing underway

The team from Myfloor have commenced the polishing of the concrete slab and the blocklayers have completed the various block walls in the project. The polishing is a slow process starting with a 40 grit rind and gardually getting finer to finish with 3000 grit and a mirror finish. During the polishing process a hardener is applied to the slab - this will increase its strength to approximately 64mPa.

Polishing of the slab should be finished by Tuesday and the carpenters are then scheduled to erect the timber frames. The trick now is to ensure the various trades exercise care with the finished surface of the concrete slab.

The polishing process with a 'hardened' portion of the slab in the background

The cut aggregate and colours are showing after application of the hardener