The walls on the Heritage Centre & Museum are constructed from Insulated Concrete Forms which are rigid plastic forms that hold concrete in place whilst curing and remain in place afterwards to serve as thermal insulation for concrete walls.
The specialist construction team arrived on site on the Monday having driven all the way up from Cheltenham and started work late afternoon. Five days later, by Saturday afternoon – well, let the pictures illustrate the progress…..
Pallets of the ICF in place, ready for the off….
End of day two…
End of day three…
End of day four…
This phase reminded your reporter of ‘Bayko’.
Aah, too young to know what that construction toy was? Well read about ‘Bayko’
