20th December, 2011
sitting pretty in pink
Lip-synching stiletto-ed dancing-queens were - disappointingly - not what I encountered behind the flaming pink monster truck parked INSIDE my house on this particular site visit. Instead, was something a little more elegant albeit more austere: It was a jaw-droppingly gargantuan CRANE!
The pink cement truck and a crane parked behind. There was just about enough space for me to stand and pivot around.
Ewe Hong the contractor, was ecstatic that he managed to squeeze (barely!!) these 2 pieces of growling mega-machinery into the site. Because he could do this, the floor slabs of the 1st & 2nd floors and the roof-garden could now be poured more easily and quickly using the machines. But, this was only to be done for the back 1/3 of the building (until grid-line#6 on the plan).
Building of the middle section would continue laboriously without the help of heavy machinery after the roof of the back section is completed.
Grunting efficiently away, the pink cement truck spews its unctuous contents into the awaiting crucible
The crucible - filled with grade 35 concrete - is then precariously lifted over the roof-tops ...
... to elegantly arrive at its destination, where its precious cargo ultimately becomes an indiscernible part of a floor slab!
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