LP2 Project Team Executes Monolithic Concrete Pour Over 13 Hours With Zero Injuries

The effort required 584 concrete trucks (roughly 44/hour) from five batch plants, as well as 1,070 tons of rebar.

Leaders from Operations, Craft and Safety collaborated with key partners to coordinate and plan the pour—resulting in zero injuries not only on the day of the pour, but also for all of the work leading up to it. Ongoing quality inspections also proved valuable for the proper installation of the mat slab foundation.

Technology bolstered the hands-on work through modeling how the pour would unfold with the placement of each of the trucks, as well as creating an app to log concrete trucks’ arrival onsite and their turnaround time at each pump. We also utilized a third-party mass concrete expert to help monitor and control internal concrete temperatures to prevent excessive surface heat loss and achieve more uniform curing results.

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