Autopia: Raw concrete panels at corner
Autopia raw concrete panels at corner. Here you can see the rough results of the special formwork for the site precast concrete panels. The crane in the background is just finishing the erection of the wall panels. See photos I posted earlier for digital 3D models viewed in o2c of the custom EPS foam form inserts. You can see some of the EPS foam in place here. Basically, I designed and detailed the piers and the EPS foam form inserts. The forms were framed in wood to 12" thick, with portions formed up another 6" for the recessed areas, all on the casting slab. Then the foam inserts were installed. These were cut to my specs in a special foam workshop, really good craftsmen using computer controlled hot-wire cutting equipment. I would send them models and digital files, then their capable staff would use their nifty CNC equipment to knock out just what we needed. Even the curved scallops on top were drafted in DataCAD, then CNC cut in foam for placement within boring rectangular formwork. For an all-concrete building, I think this came out very well. This was an Owner/Builder job, I should add, by a real good fellow who cares about quality.
Autopia: Raw concrete panels at corner
Autopia raw concrete panels at corner. Here you can see the rough results of the special formwork for the site precast concrete panels. The crane in the background is just finishing the erection of the wall panels. See photos I posted earlier for digital 3D models viewed in o2c of the custom EPS foam form inserts. You can see some of the EPS foam in place here. Basically, I designed and detailed the piers and the EPS foam form inserts. The forms were framed in wood to 12" thick, with portions formed up another 6" for the recessed areas, all on the casting slab. Then the foam inserts were installed. These were cut to my specs in a special foam workshop, really good craftsmen using computer controlled hot-wire cutting equipment. I would send them models and digital files, then their capable staff would use their nifty CNC equipment to knock out just what we needed. Even the curved scallops on top were drafted in DataCAD, then CNC cut in foam for placement within boring rectangular formwork. For an all-concrete building, I think this came out very well. This was an Owner/Builder job, I should add, by a real good fellow who cares about quality.