Elizabeth Quay – Island Walls
Perth,
Australia
The $2.6billion Elizabeth Quay project is a plan to revitalise the city by reconnecting the city centre with the Swan River. A focal point of the project is a man-made island surrounded by a newly constructed inlet, and a key component of the island is a series of curved, sometimes also inclined, coloured concrete architechtural feature walls.
- Total height; 3.3m
- Construction Period: 6 months
Location
Main Application
Cultural Buildings
Project participants
Customer: Fremantle Constructions P/L
The Project
Impressions from the project process
Continuously adjustable for radii ranging from 2.5m upwards including standard working platform bracket; decking and guardrails were client supplied to provide the safety condition.
RUNDFLEX panels were designed separately for the specific length and subsequently templates were provided for each and every use. SB Brace Frames were used for some parts of the wall for the purpose of single-sided concreting where through ties could not be placed.
Designing wall 19 with plywood gussets - VARIO formwork would provide the basic alignment, with 3 layers of 6mm thickness plywood to provide the final intricately shaped formlining.
Adjustable PERI RUNDFLEX panels allowed construction of the reinforced concrete island walls to be achieved significantly faster than conventional formwork.
Continuously adjustable for radii ranging from 2.5m upwards including standard working platform bracket; decking and guardrails were client supplied to provide the safety condition.
RUNDFLEX panels were designed separately for the specific length and subsequently templates were provided for each and every use. SB Brace Frames were used for some parts of the wall for the purpose of single-sided concreting where through ties could not be placed.
Designing wall 19 with plywood gussets - VARIO formwork would provide the basic alignment, with 3 layers of 6mm thickness plywood to provide the final intricately shaped formlining.
Adjustable PERI RUNDFLEX panels allowed construction of the reinforced concrete island walls to be achieved significantly faster than conventional formwork.
With PERI formwork solutions we were able to achieve a successful outcome for what was a very challenging project - technically, geometrically and with significant time and working constraints
Tony Tanna
Engineering Manager
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