TAS/ HOBART - #R/D: Hadleys Hotel - 8L / hotel - Page 4

OptomistOne · May 4th, 2009, 07:49 AM

Great Work Ordex and Michael!!

The renders are very interesting - the new look Hadley's is going to be Hobart's best inner city hotel I suspect.

p.s Michael...the next time you are speaking to Hinman's any chance you might be able to find out when the tower crane is going to be installed on-site? One of us just might be able to get there with a camera!

p.p.s glad you were able to keeb tabs on the site while you were away.

OptomistOne · May 5th, 2009, 05:26 AM

Two snaps from lunchtime today - site progressing nicely...will be good to see some vertical height soon. Needs a few more workers on site though...

Tassieboy · May 5th, 2009, 08:17 AM

Finally something happening here. I was wondering in January when I was in Hobart what was going on with this site.

OptomistOne · May 21st, 2009, 06:32 AM

A bit of a while since the last photo up-date. Here are a couple from lunchtime today - the Hobart love affair with tip up slabs continues!! Apologies for the first one being sideways - if anyone knows how I can correct this psoting wise - please tell me!

OptomistOne · June 2nd, 2009, 05:39 AM

There has been progress over the last 2 weeks but its slow.....no wonder this project is not scheduled to be finished until the end of next year. (Sorry about the bit of fence wire which creeped into the second photo!)

Still no sign of a tower crane......

OptomistOne · June 19th, 2009, 05:39 AM

As part of my regular photo up-date of this painfully slow construction site, here are 4 more. Difficult to get a proper perspective - hopefully, when the Centrepoint Car Park extension is done it might be high and close enough to get a bit of an overview.

Meanwhile, c'mon builders we need some serious vertical height happening!! Based on this rate I can't see a tower crane being necessary anytime soon (or at all).

ROVER · July 1st, 2009, 05:27 AM

Just walked past the site. There's a bit more happening now as far as concrete structures and I counted at least 7 workers in one areas of the site so hopefully things will step a level speed-wise from now on.

OptomistOne · July 1st, 2009, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROVER

Just walked past the site. There's a bit more happening now as far as concrete structures and I counted at least 7 workers in one areas of the site so hopefully things will step a level speed-wise from now on.

Cheers Rover - I must have just missed you!

Here are a couple of photos also taken today which as Rover said shows a bit more work.

OptomistOne · July 8th, 2009, 05:36 AM

Lovely sunny day for an up-date and a nice suprise! Have a close look at photo three to see what has "sneaked" onto the site in the last few days....more details follow at the end of the photos!!

Hobart members get your cameras ready.

Mr Blue Crane will be making his official appearance on site on the morning of Sunday 25 July!! Time for a dancing banana....

He is only resting where the base is now but will be making his permanent home in the middle of the site.

ROVER · July 8th, 2009, 05:50 AM

Great news. Cheers

Ordex · July 8th, 2009, 06:13 AM

another great update op1! who is mr blue crane?
does this mean we might get to see three cranes at once in the cbd after all!

Burden · July 8th, 2009, 06:36 AM

You'd be pushing it for three id imagine, Hotel Collins is nearing topping out stage which means it wont be long before that crane is down.

Looks like your standard Potain kinda crane but blue? Cheers for updates

OptomistOne · July 8th, 2009, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ordex

another great update op1! who is mr blue crane?
does this mean we might get to see three cranes at once in the cbd after all!

Cheers Ordex.

Don't know where this one has come from - Hinman's are a Launceston based company (Part of Gunns) so perhaps it is from up there? Tassie Boy, have you seen a blue crane in Launceston at any time?

Of course, that is just the base, so I suppose the rest of it might be a different colour - will just have to wait 2 weeks to find out!

Tassieboy · July 9th, 2009, 11:47 AM

There is a crain up at Boags and Hotel Charles and I'm 90% sure one crane in the city is blue, either the one at Boags or at Hotel Charles.

OptomistOne · July 13th, 2009, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tassieboy

There is a crain up at Boags and Hotel Charles and I'm 90% sure one crane in the city is blue, either the one at Boags or at Hotel Charles.

Thanks Tassie Boy.

abc · July 14th, 2009, 07:38 AM

It's a FAVCO tower section... so good chance it's coming over from the mainland..

OptomistOne · July 15th, 2009, 05:37 AM

Walked past the site at lunchtime today..busy on a concrete pour.

Work seems to be in full swing and it will be good to see the tower crane finally installed Sunday week.

horses mouth · July 20th, 2009, 02:07 AM

It's a Favco 350 HT and it will be erected on Sunday July 26.It was to go up on Sunday July 19 but we had a little issue in the refurbishment of the power pack that took a little longer than expected to complete.
Purchased from Queensland and transported down to Tassie over a couple of weeks.

Things will ramp up after we have installed the tower crane and our hydraulic concrete placing boom which will be " jacked up" as the floor levels increase and will be "fed" concrete by a Callaghan concrete pump that will be permanently established on site for the duration of the concrete placement operations.
Probably the first time one has been used in Tassie.( placing boom that is )
Down the track there will be two mast climbing platforms and a goods hoist installed on site also.
The height of the structure has been a contentious point as it was initially thirteen levels which was within the Hobart City Councils height regulation but politics saw it reduced to the current eight levels.
Tassie Boy is not quite correct with regard to the cranes recently utilised in Launceston (where I live )
The cranes at Boags and the LGH were not tower cranes but mobiles.
There was a Potain tower crane on site in Cimitiere Street for the construction of a four level building but this has be dismantled for three or four months.
The Hadleys project is utilising a product referred to as AFS............watch it
Horses Mouth

OptomistOne · July 20th, 2009, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horses mouth

It's a Favco 350 HT and it will be erected on Sunday July 26.It was to go up on Sunday July 19 but we had a little issue in the refurbishment of the power pack that took a little longer than expected to complete.
Purchased from Queensland and transported down to Tassie over a couple of weeks.

Things will ramp up after we have installed the tower crane and our hydraulic concrete placing boom which will be " jacked up" as the floor levels increase and will be "fed" concrete by a Callaghan concrete pump that will be permanently established on site for the duration of the concrete placement operations.
Probably the first time one has been used in Tassie.( placing boom that is )
Down the track there will be two mast climbing platforms and a goods hoist installed on site also.
The height of the structure has been a contentious point as it was initially thirteen levels which was within the Hobart City Councils height regulation but politics saw it reduced to the current eight levels.
Tassie Boy is not quite correct with regard to the cranes recently utilised in Launceston (where I live )
The cranes at Boags and the LGH were not tower cranes but mobiles.
There was a Potain tower crane on site in Cimitiere Street for the construction of a four level building but this has be dismantled for three or four months.
The Hadleys project is utilising a product referred to as AFS............watch it
Horses Mouth

Cheers Horses Mouth and welcome to the site!

Thanks for the info - it will be good to have another "insider" on this project. Pity about the politics re the reduction in height but that's Tasmania for you...still, it will still help with inner city density.

Any other "projects in the wings" for Hobart you know about......we know Ali Sultan has three big projects ready to get started over the next 12 months - will you guys get in on the act or does he like to "catch and kill his own" when it comes to building?

ROVER · July 20th, 2009, 03:12 AM

Thanks (and welcome) horses mouth.

What's the overall height likely to be with the 8 storeys?

May 4th, 2009, 07:49 AM	#61
OptomistOne Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 1,149 Likes (Received): 2	Great Work Ordex and Michael!! The renders are very interesting - the new look Hadley's is going to be Hobart's best inner city hotel I suspect. p.s Michael...the next time you are speaking to Hinman's any chance you might be able to find out when the tower crane is going to be installed on-site? One of us just might be able to get there with a camera! p.p.s glad you were able to keeb tabs on the site while you were away. __________________ London, the World's Greatest City.......................................after Hobart.

May 5th, 2009, 05:26 AM	#62
OptomistOne Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 1,149 Likes (Received): 2	Photo Up-Date Two snaps from lunchtime today - site progressing nicely...will be good to see some vertical height soon. Needs a few more workers on site though... __________________ London, the World's Greatest City.......................................after Hobart.

May 5th, 2009, 08:17 AM	#63
Tassieboy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Launceston Posts: 118 Likes (Received): 0	Finally something happening here. I was wondering in January when I was in Hobart what was going on with this site. __________________ TASSIE BOY

May 21st, 2009, 06:32 AM	#64
OptomistOne Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 1,149 Likes (Received): 2	A bit of a while since the last photo up-date. Here are a couple from lunchtime today - the Hobart love affair with tip up slabs continues!! Apologies for the first one being sideways - if anyone knows how I can correct this psoting wise - please tell me! __________________ London, the World's Greatest City.......................................after Hobart.

June 2nd, 2009, 05:39 AM	#65
OptomistOne Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 1,149 Likes (Received): 2	Photos There has been progress over the last 2 weeks but its slow.....no wonder this project is not scheduled to be finished until the end of next year. (Sorry about the bit of fence wire which creeped into the second photo!) Still no sign of a tower crane...... __________________ London, the World's Greatest City.......................................after Hobart. Last edited by OptomistOne; June 2nd, 2009 at 05:49 AM.

June 19th, 2009, 05:39 AM	#66
OptomistOne Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 1,149 Likes (Received): 2	Photos!!! As part of my regular photo up-date of this painfully slow construction site, here are 4 more. Difficult to get a proper perspective - hopefully, when the Centrepoint Car Park extension is done it might be high and close enough to get a bit of an overview. Meanwhile, c'mon builders we need some serious vertical height happening!! Based on this rate I can't see a tower crane being necessary anytime soon (or at all). __________________ London, the World's Greatest City.......................................after Hobart.

July 1st, 2009, 05:27 AM	#67
ROVER Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 178 Likes (Received): 0	Just walked past the site. There's a bit more happening now as far as concrete structures and I counted at least 7 workers in one areas of the site so hopefully things will step a level speed-wise from now on.

July 8th, 2009, 05:36 AM	#69
OptomistOne Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 1,149 Likes (Received): 2	Photos Lovely sunny day for an up-date and a nice suprise! Have a close look at photo three to see what has "sneaked" onto the site in the last few days....more details follow at the end of the photos!! Hobart members get your cameras ready. Mr Blue Crane will be making his official appearance on site on the morning of Sunday 25 July!! Time for a dancing banana.... He is only resting where the base is now but will be making his permanent home in the middle of the site. __________________ London, the World's Greatest City.......................................after Hobart.

July 8th, 2009, 05:50 AM	#70
ROVER Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 178 Likes (Received): 0	Great news. Cheers

July 8th, 2009, 06:13 AM	#71
Ordex Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canberra Posts: 441 Likes (Received): 0	another great update op1! who is mr blue crane? does this mean we might get to see three cranes at once in the cbd after all!

July 8th, 2009, 06:36 AM	#72
Burden What to do with my life.. Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,441	You'd be pushing it for three id imagine, Hotel Collins is nearing topping out stage which means it wont be long before that crane is down. Looks like your standard Potain kinda crane but blue? Cheers for updates __________________ Townsville is unlike any other city in Australia. No city of comparable size has quite the connection into the future prosperity of the Australian nation as does Townsville. Townsville's next phase of growth is likely to accrue the critical mass in population to transform from regional centre to a metropolitan centre. 'Bernard Salt' Australia's leading demographer Townsville is a picture of exactly the kind of diverse, dynamic regional economy that will power Australia's passage through the years ahead. Treasurer Wayne Swan

July 9th, 2009, 11:47 AM	#74
Tassieboy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Launceston Posts: 118 Likes (Received): 0	There is a crain up at Boags and Hotel Charles and I'm 90% sure one crane in the city is blue, either the one at Boags or at Hotel Charles. __________________ TASSIE BOY

July 14th, 2009, 07:38 AM	#76
abc Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,256 Likes (Received): 10	It's a FAVCO tower section... so good chance it's coming over from the mainland..

July 15th, 2009, 05:37 AM	#77
OptomistOne Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 1,149 Likes (Received): 2	Walked past the site at lunchtime today..busy on a concrete pour. Work seems to be in full swing and it will be good to see the tower crane finally installed Sunday week. __________________ London, the World's Greatest City.......................................after Hobart.

July 20th, 2009, 02:07 AM	#78
horses mouth Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tasmania Statewide , Head Office Launceston Tasmania Posts: 11 Likes (Received): 0	It's a Favco 350 HT and it will be erected on Sunday July 26.It was to go up on Sunday July 19 but we had a little issue in the refurbishment of the power pack that took a little longer than expected to complete. Purchased from Queensland and transported down to Tassie over a couple of weeks. Things will ramp up after we have installed the tower crane and our hydraulic concrete placing boom which will be " jacked up" as the floor levels increase and will be "fed" concrete by a Callaghan concrete pump that will be permanently established on site for the duration of the concrete placement operations. Probably the first time one has been used in Tassie.( placing boom that is ) Down the track there will be two mast climbing platforms and a goods hoist installed on site also. The height of the structure has been a contentious point as it was initially thirteen levels which was within the Hobart City Councils height regulation but politics saw it reduced to the current eight levels. Tassie Boy is not quite correct with regard to the cranes recently utilised in Launceston (where I live ) The cranes at Boags and the LGH were not tower cranes but mobiles. There was a Potain tower crane on site in Cimitiere Street for the construction of a four level building but this has be dismantled for three or four months. The Hadleys project is utilising a product referred to as AFS............watch it Horses Mouth

July 20th, 2009, 03:12 AM	#80
ROVER Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hobart Posts: 178 Likes (Received): 0	Thanks (and welcome) horses mouth. What's the overall height likely to be with the 8 storeys?

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