About Me

Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia
Arabella Apartments is Wightman Building Company's current construction project. Located in Port Hedland, Western Australia, the 4 storey building consists of 2 ground floor commercial tenancies, 14 x two bedroom apartments, 6 x one bedroom apartments and 29 parking bays spread over two floors.
Due to the cyclonic issues involved with building in the North West of Australia, Arabella Apartments will be a complete and solid concrete structure, containing over 1500 cubic metres of concrete. The walls will be made of AFS LOGICWALL, which is a permanent formwork structural concrete walling system and externally lined with varying products.

Construction begun on the 2nd of March 2011 and is scheduled for completion in February 2012. The progress of this project will be updated throughout this blog.

Further information can be found at www.wightmanbuilding.com.au

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Approaching Winter

sunrise over the salt mine
the boys standing columns with "cyclops"
lifting more AFS panels
Nev with cyclops
Brodie in control
Mark the plumber, always hard at work
Niza walking down the ramp, pre concrete
the driveway up to the second floor
Keron posing
Keron and Steve
starting poring the ramp

more successful concrete
Keron "always happy" Mills
Jacob & Steve fixing a steel beam
view from the third floor
tight fit
more accommodation for staff
home sweet home
Alex checking it out

Saturday, 4 June 2011

Before construction began

view from the laneway 
the old chinese restaurant, demolished May 2010

Shelley's Camera

standing AFS wall panels 
Edgar St
Alex and Nev trying to be surveyors
the last of the 175 cubic metres of concrete poured that day
Gary in a meeting
concrete pump at full stretch
Ash and Bryn having a cuppa' 
smoko
busy
Niza and Bryn standing more wall panels
dinner time at home
worlds busiest clothes line
Sunday at Cape Keraudren 
Nev and his new mate

Friday, 3 June 2011

End of May

blue skies 
superman
superwoman
night before the pour
Ash
3.30am - ready to pour
shelley supervising
yes, that is Bash doing the dishes. he must of got lost
second floor delivery of AFS panels
Niza and Jarvis working hard

not much space left
the boys stripping
the kibble
Nev putting the final touches on the Cyclops
first floor suspended slab