Fielder Street West Gosford

Orange clay at Fielder Street site, 5th February 2018

The Fielder Street site in West Gosford, after years of weed-strewn idleness, has been cleared at last. Spoil has been dug out, exposing the lovely orange clay and strange spots of it in amongst the layer of white clay below it. And, if those re-bars sticking out of the soil (bottom of clay cut) are anything to go by, some boundary foundation piles have been poured too.

(I couldn't make the text the usual size or make the strange gaps go away. There is still something wrong with Blogger/blogspot.)

Tidying up around the edges, 5th February 2018

Frames for foundation pylons, 5th February 2018

Neatening up around the edges of the cage goes on, even as more foundation pillar frames are made.

Getting on with it, 5th February 2018

Over on the eastern edge of the site, preparation for concrete pours was in full swing, with lumber being sorted through and cut to size.

What on earth is she doing? 5th February 2018

This being a newly active site, my photography provoked the usual surprise, followed by the usual appreciation of being appreciated for work done and being done.

Is this a pump or an extractor? 5th February 2018

Gentlemen, I didn’t see this beast in action. Is it a pump or an extractor or does it do both at need?

Scoopers at rest for a moment, 5th February 2018

An idle moment as two spoil scoopers await directions. In the background, on the right edge of this photo, we can see the active site on the corner of Batley Street and Donnison Street West.

Lunchtime for all good machinery operators, 5th February 2018

 
In the background of this photo, we can see three blocks of units. The one on the left edge of the photo is a brand new build, finished just a few months ago and full of residents. The one in the middle background is still not quite finished inside, I think. It’s been such a slow site, at times, I haven’t checked up on it for a month. The one on the right is a few decades old, from the 1970’s or 1980’s.

There was a building boom in Gosford and around the Brisbane Water estuary in the 1970’s and there has been a steady trickle of new buildings, commercial and residential, ever since, with small blocks of units going up in the backstreets every now and then during that time.

Now we’ve come to another major building boom, the one of 2018’s Gosford tower blocks and smaller towers around the edges of Gosford. This one is going to make huge changes to the Gosford skyline.


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