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Report On The Construction Process of Sutton Forest Building
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sutton Forest Meat Building is one of the heritage buildings situated at the center of the
central business district of Sydney City, Australia. The building has served as a business
enterprise for decades, and as at now, the plan by the town management to approve its upgrade to
a 22-story high rise hotel tower is just timely in developing the face of the city.
After successfully secured the tender to contract the upgrade, our company is committed to
delivering the best in project completion within the stipulated timeline. This document contains
the specialized construction procedures of the construction process involving the construction of
the substructures such as excavation, footing construction, basement walling up to the ground
floor slab noting the specific methods to be used with the reasons for their selection.

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Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................6
PLANNING.....................................................................................................................................9
Background information..............................................................................................................9
Demolition of the internal elements..........................................................................................11
Implosion...............................................................................................................................12
High Reach Arm Method.......................................................................................................14
Wrecking ball demolition method.........................................................................................14
Selective demolition method.................................................................................................15
External wall support system.....................................................................................................16
Substructure construction..........................................................................................................18
Excavation or earthworks..........................................................................................................19
Protection and underpinning of the existing buildings..............................................................23
Construction of the basement footings......................................................................................25
Foundation construction sequence.............................................................................................27
Construction of basement walls.................................................................................................28
Construction of foundation slab.................................................................................................29
Safety working methods............................................................................................................30
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................31

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REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................32
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Nathan Johnson, Site plan of existing and proposed buildings. 2016. Woods Bagot.
Reproduced; Architecture & Design (2016)....................................................................................7
Figure 2 : Nathan Johnson, View of the proposed building from George Street, 2016. Woods
Bagot Architecture & Design (2016)...............................................................................................9
Figure 3: Nathan Johnson, George Street Elevation of the existing building, 2016. Photograph.
Reproduced from: Architecture & Design (2016).........................................................................11
Figure 4: Dadzie John, Steel raking shores. 2018. Photograph, Reproduced from: Dadzie John
(2018).............................................................................................................................................13
Figure 5 : Iveson Kurt, Typical implosion on a building. 2014. Photograph. Reproduced From:
antipode 2014................................................................................................................................14
Figure 6: Allen and Joseph, Typical wall support during internal demolition. 2019. Photograph.
Reproduced From: materials and methods 2019...........................................................................18
Figure 7: Iveson Kurt, External wall support process, 2014. Photograph. Reproduced From:
Antipode (2014).............................................................................................................................18
Figure 8: Allen and Joseph, Advanced concrete mixer truck, 2019. Photograph. Reproduced
from: Material & methods 2019....................................................................................................20
Figure 9: Iveson Kurt, Excavation or earthwork process. 2014. Photograph. Reproduced From:
Antipode (2014).............................................................................................................................21
Figure 10: Iveson Kurt, Excavation of the underground basement, 2014. Photoghraph.
Reproduced From, Antipode 2014.................................................................................................22

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Figure 11: Allen & Joseph, Company’s excavation machines, 2019. Photograph. Reproduced
from: Material & methods 2019....................................................................................................23
Figure 12: Allen and Joseph, Typical underpinning process. 2019. Photograph. Reproduced
From: Flicker.................................................................................................................................25
Figure 13: NSW Government, Typical basement footing of the basement. 2016. Photograph.
Reproduced From: Office of Environment and Heritage (2016)..................................................28
Figure 14: Allen and Joseph, K.R foundation compaction machine, 2019. Photograph.
Reproduced From: Material & methods 2019...............................................................................28
Figure 15: NSW Government, Proposed basement parking area and the floors of the hotel tower.
2016. Photograph. Reproduced from: Office of environment and Heritage (2016)......................30
Figure 16: Allen and Joseph, Pouring concrete on basement slab, 2019. Photograph. Reproduced
From: Material & Methods 2019...................................................................................................31

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INTRODUCTION
In the construction process, space is crucial, and space for construction expansion is quite
limited in most of these developed cities such as Sydney hence any structural advancement in
cities calls for the upgrade of the existing structures and buildings to high rise buildings to
conform to the latest trends and designs in architectural and construction space (Horta, Isabel &
Camanho, 2014). This report is to outline and elaborate on the construction procedures that our
company will apply in the whole process of upgrading the Sutton Forest Meat Building in
Sydney central business district to have a postmodern hotel tower on top of the ancient two-story
Sutton forest meet building.
Figure 1: Nathan Johnson, Site plan of existing and proposed buildings. 2016. Woods Bagot.
Reproduced; Architecture & Design (2016)

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After successfully making applications and complying to the requirements by the Sydney City
Construction authorities, the first stage is to develop the preliminary construction techniques that
involve the method of demolishing the internal elements of existing Sutton Forest meat building,
methods of providing support to the external walls, excavation techniques to attain the proposed
basement required in the proposed high rise building. All these activities have to be carried out
with keen consideration of the existing adjusted buildings to avoid the underpinning of these
buildings (Ling et al. 2015).
This report also gives elaborate details on how proper planning of the available resources
and facilities can be optimized inappropriate measures to achieve the objective of this project,
which is to construct a high rise structure on top of the defunct Sutton Forest Building.

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Figure 2 : Nathan Johnson, View of the proposed building from George Street, 2016. Woods
Bagot Architecture & Design (2016)
The construction process will best be viewed as the integration of architectural designs.
This strategy involves identifications of readily available and required facilities that would
enable the completion of the project such as the human resources availability, materials, and
machinery needed in the construction process (Volk et al. 2014).

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PLANNING
Background information
For the planning of this construction project, it must commence with the generation of the
various concepts regarding the completion of the project as per the architectural design drawings
and plan layouts. This construction project requires high innovative ideas and concepts in the
formulations, selection, and application of different appropriate methods right from the
excavation to the finishing of the structure. We have incorporated innovative concepts and new
techniques in the construction process to achieve the ultimate objective of this project and at the
same time, minimize the overall cost of construction and appreciation of the technological
(Iveson, 2014). The choice of construction technique or method involves both tactical and
strategic scrutiny before deciding on the methods to use on various construction processes. This
technique is to ensure that only the best alternative methods and perfect sequencing of operations
will be applied in construction.

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Figure 3: Nathan Johnson, George Street Elevation of the existing building, 2016. Photograph.
Reproduced from: Architecture & Design (2016)
For instance, plans for partitioning of internal rooms will be done with prefabricated
construction materials and this is a strategic construction decision since they will be made off-
site and only transported to the construction site as ready to use, this will help in space
conservation and non-interference to daily operations of the nearby businesses (Horta, Isabel &
Camanho. 2014). Other strategical planning will involve the installation of mechanical
equipment in place before the start of the process together with tactical plans on how to
accomplish given tasks within the scheduled time frame.
To avoid confusion and misinterpretation of the different roles of various professional
personnel within the construction project management, these confusions are mainly attributed to
the range of issues revolving around lack of proper information working dynamics on the field

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professionals and to prevent these confusions throughout the construction process only qualified,
and appropriate professionals will be engaged in the construction processes (Gowans et al,
2015).
Demolition of the internal elements
Typically there various modes and methods of demolition in construction field, the
application of any specific methods depends on variety of factors such as the size of the
structure, nature of the building geographical location, space, purpose of demolition, cost of
demolition, availability of demolition tools and types of machinery, etc. for this project, the
purpose is to demolish only the internal elements of the structure and leaving the external brick
to envelop intact to form the basis of construction of other floors, talking of the area of Sutton
Forest building, it’s situated at the Conner of a busy street, and within the central business
district thus any method to be applied in demolishing the internal structures should be safe such
that it does not interfere with town’s daily operations and not to affect in any way the strength of
the external envelope structures. (Franklin, Young & Powell, 2014)
Just but to mention, some of the demolition methods are implosion, high reach arm,
selective demolition, wrecking ball, and manual demolition.

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Figure 4: Dadzie John, Steel raking shores. 2018. Photograph, Reproduced from: Dadzie John
(2018)
Implosion
This demolition method is the most robust and dramatic mode of demolishing a structure
since it involves the use of highly sophisticated explosives to bring down mega-structures into
shreds of fragments. It typically weakens the building’s primary both horizontal and vertical
support systems causing the building to collapse onto it from inside out (Dadzie, 2018). This
method of demolition has its advantages such it is most convenient in demolishing mega
structures and it is the fastest way of bringing buildings onto the ground since it only involves
the setting of explosives and detonating them to explode, which in this project it is not
applicable. However, its disadvantage disqualifies it for consideration in demolishing the Sutton
Forest meat building since high rise structures surround the building and if this method is used it

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might weaken the foundation of these buildings or even make them collapse too and again the
aim of these demolitions is to only demolish the internal structure and leave the external
envelope intact. Some other reasons that Would make this mothed not applicable in this project
are that it has a lot of legality procedures because it involves the use of balusters and these are
weapons that their use must be approved and monitored by blaster crews and security personnel
(Conejos et al, 2016). For successful demolition, the crew first has to survey the building to
identify the main support point from the structure’s blueprint and plans. This method is only
applicable on a stand-alone structure that is buildings that are in isolation and huge structures
thus not applicable in this case or project since the building is an only two-story building and its
location is in the middle of an active Sydney city.
Figure 5 : Iveson Kurt, Typical implosion on a building. 2014. Photograph. Reproduced From:
antipode 2014

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High Reach Arm Method
This method is an alternative to the explosive demolition or implosive method. It is most
used on tall buildings of up to about 66 feet. It involves the use of machines such as excavators
that are fitted with an extendable demolition arm that has three sections that are referred to as the
telescopic boom (Banks et al, 2016). Demotion items such as hammer, shear or crusher are
attached at the end of the arm and are used to demolish the structure from top-down. High reach
arm demolition method is mostly used on structures with reinforced concrete, mixed structures,
steel and is safer than the traditional way of bringing down structures (Architecture & Design.
2016). The demolition machine removes the large pieces into manageable sizes that are
eventually broken down by ground crew for reuse or proper disposal. It one of the economic and
environmentally friendly ways of demolishing structure since it allows the re-use of construction
materials that are in a good state after demolition and proper disposal thus help in environment
conservation. Despite its advantages, this method is not applicable since it involves demolishing
structures, but for this project, the external envelope should remain solid for the basis of
construction (Allen, Edward & Joseph, 2019).
Wrecking ball demolition method
Wrecking ball demolition often referred to crane and ball demolition is among the oldest
and mostly applied method in the demolition of structures and are typically applied in
constructions of masonry structures and concrete structures. One important thing in this method
is that the ball must be heavy of about 13,000 pounds and is suspended on the air by a cable from
the crane (Allen, Edward & Joseph, 2019); the heavy ball is then dropped onto or swung into the
structure thus demolishing or simply crushing the building with repeated blows. This mode is not
effective in crushing tall buildings and there is no possibility of recycling any construction

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materials from this process. It requires highly skilled excavator or crane operator to perform the
wrecking ball demolition since the precision and smoothness in controlling swung of the balls
very critical since if bay any chance it misses the ball misses its target, it may tip or overload the
crane (Ling et al. 2015).
The size of the building limits this method, size of the crane and the working room
including proximity to power lines, wreck ball demolition is highly associated by noise, a large
cloud of dust and much vibration. Therefore this method does not apply to this project since the
building is in the city and its demolition should not cause any unnecessary vibrations, dust, and
noise in town, and space is limited therefore no room for hosting the crane the wrecking ball
Selective demolition method
Selective demolition method that is also known as the strip out the demolition is the most
popularly used method by contractors to demolish structures since it allows the reuse of some
building materials. And it allows the selective demolition of exterior or interior structures as per
the specification of the contractor. It is the blending of the old and the new methods of
demolition (Ling et al. 2015). The main aim and objective are to the earnest maximum amount of
primary reusable and secondary recyclable construction materials in safe and cost-effective
procedures. For the construction of 22 story building on top of Sutton heritage building, the
demolition of existing Sutton building will be through selective demolition since only the
internal element are the structures to be demolished leaving the external envelope intact
Interior demolition
The demolition of the interior elements of a structure covers a wide range of issues and
factors such as environmental considerations and favorable working conditions to the engineers
carrying out the task. Hence this requires proper planning and coordination to ensure that the

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environment in which engineers work is safe and of the required condition by occupational and
safety handbook (Allen, Edward & Joseph, 2019). The good conditions involve proper
ventilation and negative pressurization of the dome space. Proper ventilation is essential as a
mechanism of protecting the adjoining buildings by preventing the migration or movement of
small particles and specks of dust to neighboring buildings. Our company will achieve this by
installing temporary plastic wall barriers that isolate the working area from another and this is
quite critical operational condition since it needs to be constantly maintained at negative pressure
and is to be monitored by Magnehelic gauge and multiple heap exhaust fans. Adequate
ventilation also helps in air change such that dust, tiny particles, and smoke get removed from
the working space regularly, and dust will be minimized by clean water misting (Ling et al.
2015).
External wall support system
As matter of saving in the project cost, the external brick walls of the Sutton Forest Meat
Parking Building will be sustained to form the basis of the proposed hotel tower thus during the
demolition of the internal walls and structures, and the external envelope requires perfect and
strong support system to prevent it from weakening or even collapsing. Through a team of
qualified and experienced engineers from our firm will ensure that this is attained. After roof
demolition, the surrounding wall will be covered by an envelope of metal sheets reinforced by
steel frames all around such that when engineers are doing selective demolition, there are no
risks of external wall interference.

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Figure 6: Allen and Joseph, Typical wall support during internal demolition. 2019. Photograph.
Reproduced From: materials and methods 2019
Figure 7: Iveson Kurt, External wall support process, 2014. Photograph. Reproduced From:
Antipode (2014)

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These support structures will make the temporary work support that aids the main
construction process and, mostly the type and extent of support system have a major influence on
the success of the construction operation in terms of the program, cost, safety, and quality of the
work. These temporary support systems provide support and assistance to the construction
process temporarily and they are to be removed after completion of the interior elements
demolition. This supports will not only protect the walls from falling but also protect the adjusted
buildings, daily operations and eve engineers doing the demolition from any hazardous exposure
that may arise out of the wall systems. All our work envelope is in accordance to the Australian
national standards for construction work (2005) as stipulated by the national occupational health
and safety commission with the obligation to protect persons from any hazardous elements that
might be associated with the construction works We consider safety of our employees,
environment around our construction site and any other persons or items that in one way or
another might be affected by our construction operations and that’s our value.
Substructure construction
A substructure construction involves the construction of the building elements below the
ground level up to the slab of the structure. After the successful removal of the roofing and
internal partitions of the old Sutton forest meat building, the next stage of construction will be
the preparation and construction of the substructure of the proposed new hotel tower (Ling et al.
2015). The proposed tower is to have packing basements, and for the construction of these
basements or subfloors, the floor of an old building needs to be excavated to the proper depth.

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Figure 8: Allen and Joseph, Advanced concrete mixer truck, 2019. Photograph. Reproduced
from: Material & methods 2019
Excavation or earthworks
Excavation which is also known as earthworks, is the loosening and taking away or
removing earth materials from the ground leaving space below the ground. Excavation
operations include backfilling with new materials to fill the voids, spreading and leveling of a
platform. This process is quite a tedious process; thus, its best done with the help of mechanical
plant machinery such as bulldozer, excavators, etc.

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Figure 9: Iveson Kurt, Excavation or earthwork process. 2014. Photograph. Reproduced From:
Antipode (2014)
These machines have numerous advantages that form the reasons for their application in
construction processes. These advantages are they avoid dangerous conditions of work by human
workers, and for this project, the machines will be a great deal since the geographical survey
showed that the area is pro groundwater, and gain machines enable work to be completed faster
than when done by human labor. Nature informs the choice of the excavation method of the
subsoil, groundwater condition since this affects the degree of protection such as watertight sheet
piling, surrounding conditions that may impose certain restrictions with given precautions such
as diversion of movement drainage systems, the scale of working and nature of the subsoil
(Allen, Edward & Joseph, 2019).

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Figure 10: Iveson Kurt, Excavation of the underground basement, 2014. Photoghraph.
Reproduced From, Antipode 2014

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Figure 11: Allen & Joseph, Company’s excavation machines, 2019. Photograph. Reproduced
from: Material & methods 2019
To achieve the perfect underground space for the three sublevels for underground parking
then we have to have a deep excavation, deep excavation, unlike shallow excavation, it requires
strong protection of the side of cut using suitable support, and according to the water condition
of the Sydney town the groundwater problem might not be avoided thus the excavation will
involve dumping method. This process is applicable since the site is in the proximity and
involves the construction of a series of retaining walls in the trench in section by section all
around the site perimeter isolating the dumping Centre. Excavation starts only after securing the

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perimeter wall at the center exposing the walls. Then the wall will be supported by struts, soil
anchors or shoring. (Dadzie, 2018). We settled to use this method since it does not require huge
and heavy machines considering the location of our site and side effects of vibration of heavy
machines to the walls and surrounding buildings. It is also cost-effective compared to other
methods and again with the soil conditions, we will use an interlocking sheet pile to confine the
area to allow the excavation to the required depth.
Then we will have the construction of a diaphragm wall of reinforced concrete retaining
wall in the regions of excavation since the sublevel is to reach deep depth. This method s won't
be much of a task since mechanical machinery will be used. The process will be concluded in a
typical sequence as first construction of guide walls, excavation for the diaphragm walls, then
excavation of the supports using bentonite slurry and then finally inter reinforcement with
concrete
Protection and underpinning of the existing buildings
Sometimes buildings require protection when they are affected by movements in-ground
and structures, this is most evident by the presence of visible cracks on the walls, sagging
ceilings, and subfloors, development of gaps around windows, and doors, uneven roof ridgelines,
and even corner line sinking. When this happens, it interferes with the building’s stress handling
ling capability thus weakens the entire structure posing the occupants at risk of building
collapsing on them. During construction, neighboring buildings need protection from such
adversity and thus require a robust underpinning technique (Dadzie, 2018)..
Construction of the new hotel tower requires that the structure be; perfectly underpinned
since it is a high rise structure and this needs a well-established footing near the foundation of
the old building to remedy the problem. Initial construction of Sutton building was to sustain

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only two stories but the advancement is to see the foundation support a 22 story high rise
structure; thus underpinning is best for the foundation. Another reason for underpinning is that
the site is at the center of the city and surrounded by streets where constant vibration caused by
moving automobiles, this after a while, might change the soil compactness thus underpinning
will offer protection to the building in case such scenario occurs (Allen, Edward & Joseph,
2019). In some cases, it is used in areas where excessive settlement has occurred such as towns
and cities especially where there is uneven loading, unequal resistance of the subsoil, cohesive
soil settlement or even subsoil water.
Figure 12: Allen and Joseph, Typical underpinning process. 2019. Photograph. Reproduced
From: Flicker
Underpinning has numerous advantages, among them is that it increases the load-bearing
capacity of the footings and foundation and most applicable when constructing additional story
structures on top of an existing building. Another is that it is also needed when constructing the

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basement and laying deep services near an existing footing (Iveson, 2014). Before considering
the underpinning method for the structure, we considered the steps to ensure that it is the most
appropriate remedy to the structural footing problems. These are some of the preliminary actions
that we considered; Detailed survey involving preparation of elaborate report and analysis on the
extent and causes of cracking on structural walls. After the survey analysis, we had the
evaluation of the most suitable and appropriate remedies for the cause of cracking; this process is
aimed at avoiding nuisance and reduce damages to the existing adjacent buildings. According to
Australian Construction, standards requires that constructions within the city centers should have
a good underpinning strategy not only to support the building and provide strong foundation but
the primary necessity of protecting structures from adverse effects from construction of adjacent
structures such as subway constructions, tunnels or new deep building foundations and just in
case there will be future consideration of adding to the structure (Iveson, 2014).
In the construction of the proposed hotel, we’ll use mass concrete or continuous
underpinning, mostly referred to as the traditional method. This technique was settled at by the
fact that it is the most effective and is conveniently applicable where the existing footings are at
shallow depth. Adding on to the structure is basically to add an extra depth to the footing by
introducing a new concrete structure. This method can be done in a procedural sequence of
excavating shallow trench on the undersides of the existing building, then excavate new depths
in short bays, then provide support to the sides of the excavation, pour new concrete and build
new walls from new footings to support old footings
Construction of the basement footings
Basement footings are the fundamentals of foundation constructions. The footing of high
rise buildings is done using concrete with reinforcement rebar that ere poured in the already

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excavated trench. The reasons for strong and durable footing are to provide support to the
foundation and prevent settling of the foundation during and after the construction process. It is a
necessity in areas with poor or troublesome soil conditions. Our company has highly qualified
professionals who have vast understanding of the soil technology thus they have conducted in-
depth analysis to the site soil condition and recommended the establishment of strong footing for
the proposed hotel tower, they have also given the specification and dimensions of the
appropriate depth and width of the footing to be constructed as well as its proper placement
(Iveson, 2014). The dimensions and specifications of the footing s concerning the size of the
structure to be built on top of it, placement of footings is crucial to providing the required
support for the foundation and ultimately the entire structure.
For this project, we recommend the construction of thick and ii depth footing out of
concrete to provide the necessary support to the structure since the proposed hotel is to be 22-
floor structures.

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Figure 13: NSW Government, Typical basement footing of the basement. 2016. Photograph.
Reproduced From: Office of Environment and Heritage (2016)
Foundation construction sequence
After having a detailed analysis of the ground condition of the site, this informed the
speciation of the footing to be constructed, and then identify the key corners of the structure or
building to be constructed. The digging of the excavated area slightly deeper than the excavated
ground, then the installation of footings by pouring the concrete into the predesigned footing
regions, the footing needs to be sealed properly to prevent moisture then after the concrete has
cured we will use concrete blocks to create the walls for the basement construction.
Figure 14: Allen and Joseph, K.R foundation compaction machine, 2019. Photograph.
Reproduced From: Material & methods 2019

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Construction of basement walls
There are varieties of basement construction methods that can be applied in construction,
but there are the most common three types; poured concrete, precast panels and block or
masonry walls (Dadzie, 2018)..
In poured concrete basement type construction commences with the pouring of the
footing for the basement foundation, then forms are erected to hold the poured concrete walls as
it dry. These are the best and the most durable form of basement wall construction
Block or masonry basement walls are also preferred by many but mostly suitable for low rise
building foundation. It is the least expensive method for erecting basement walls since it is made
from cinder blocks. It takes less time its construction, and sometimes steel rebar is used to
improve on its durability.
Precast panel basement walls, as the name suggests it involves the use of off-site pre
modeled walls that are only transported to the site for construction purposes. These kinds of
basement walls are not suitable for high rise story buildings since they do not provide the
required strength to support the supper structure of the building (Horta, Isabel & Camanho.
2014).

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Figure 15: NSW Government, Proposed basement parking area and the floors of the hotel tower.
2016. Photograph. Reproduced from: Office of environment and Heritage (2016)
Construction of foundation slab
Construction of the slab foundation of the ground floor is the last stage of the
substructure construction. Different types of slabs can be used in high rise building construction
depending on the type of structure and owners’ specifications. For this project, we will use
spread and raft or mat foundation systems to construct our slab. But on the sides of George
street, we will use mixed and hybrid systems; these are the combination of the precast concrete
together with in-situ concrete since they have inherent benefits of thermal mass, durability, and
perfect fire resistance (Horta, Isabel & Camanho. 2014).

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Figure 16: Allen and Joseph, Pouring concrete on basement slab, 2019. Photograph. Reproduced
From: Material & Methods 2019
Safety working methods
The construction industry is a dynamic field that involves the use of heavy machinery and
moving items such as cranes, excavators, bulldozers, etc. Thus construction process requires
well stipulated safe working methods to ensure that the safety of workers and any other parties
involved. Throughout the process, the company has prepared a safe work plan (Dadzie, 2018)..
The perimeter of the construction site is to be surrounded by scaffold to avoid destruction and
any interference during the construction process. The company holds high standards on safety;
every person and worker at all times must be in personal protective equipment, PPE such as
gloves, overalls, helmets and safety boots. The company’s construction operations have ever
complied with the world health safety standards and Australian occupational health and safety
authorities.

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CONCLUSION
In summary, the proposed upgrade of Sutton Forest Meat Building to a new 22-story high
rise hotel tower within the central business district of Sydney city is a breathtaking development
that, upon its completion, will add to the aesthetic and beautiful scenery of Sydney’s skyline. Our
company is determined to carry out the upgrade process in the highest professional way by
ensuring that all aspects of specialized construction techniques are applied through qualified
experts and taking into consideration the afro mentioned construction working procedures.
Safety of our employees and the environment around is our core responsibility; thus, it’s our
obligation and part of our key principles to uphold operational and environmental conservations
so dear.

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