[1rudeboy]

Hell, yeah! Good luck, and let’s rock!

[al baby]

I just saw that o the news and thought oh boy time for some pretty bad mixs ad 40 more at the site

[MeshugeMikey]

I sense that spmebody will be making a time lapse video of this extravaganza!

Thanks!

[publius911]

LA Crews Aim For Largest Continuous Concrete Pour

Misleading title Alert!!
The word "building" qualifier is sorely missing.

There are more than a few existing concrete arch dams worldwide which easily exceed this pour.

[central_va]

What did Jim Bowie say to Davy Crockett at the Alamo the morning of the Mexican Army attack?

"What gives Davey, we pouring concrete today?"

[C210N]

Might see a surge of Missing Persons....

Oh wait, it’s not Chicago

[smokingfrog]

What about Hoover dam? Was that not considered continuous?

[Rodamala]

Fast pours are catastrophes waiting to happen. I have seen formwork for walls buckle and bow multiple times by flowing in concrete faster than they were designed for... The pressure is greater as the aggregate is not locked together and the concrete behaves like a fluid. A very DENSE fluid.

The ties through the concrete snap and nothing is holding the inside and outside forms together. Rut roh!

Slow, even pours placing the concrete in lifts all along the structure while vibrating it with a donkey pecker as you go... that is the best route.

Good luck.

[Redcloak]

When I was about 7, the company my dad work for supplied the concrete for what's now the Aon Center tower; currently the 2nd tallest building in L.A.. It also has a huge foundation. Dad took me to see the job site during the pour. We were down in the pit at night and it was just surreal. Between the work lights and the walls of the pit, you couldn't see anything beyond the expanse of rebar. And it wasn't just the views out toward the edges of the pit that were disorienting, it was the view down. We were walking on the rebar and you couldn't really see how far down it went. It was like being on another planet.

[blueunicorn6]

“All concrete can crack.” - My Contractor

“All motorcycles can catch on fire.” - Me

[BatGuano]

Way back, in my college days, I had a Summer construction job as a laborer. One day we had a concrete pour of 450 cubic yards that took about 9 hours to accomplish. It was great because we worked through lunch and overtime, a nice payday.
Back then a truck could carry about 9 cubic yards. The trucks were lined up, dropped their load, went back to the plant and returned. What a day! The job was a power plant on an island South of Norwalk, CT in 1958.
I wonder, how many yards were poured on this job?

[Real Cynic No More]

There have been many longer duration continuous concrete pours but I know of none larger.

[Auntie Mame]

Does anybody know what, if any, are the benefits of a continuous pour of concrete? Any drawbacks?