I've just come back from 2 weeks holiday so it's great to see the progress that's been made.
All the work within the river bed has now been completed to the satisfaction of the Environment Agency. The trench for the screw has been 'pecked' out of the bed rock and a substantial temporary dam has been built to stop the river filling the trench.
The reinforcing steel work has been laid at the lower end of the trench ready for the concrete to be poured. This is the last slab that we need to cast.
The shuttering for the side walls is in place. Weather permitting, the walls will be cast next week.
In the picture below you can see the low wall protruding into the river. This is the wall that the Environment Agency belatedly insisted should be built in order to create a pool at the outflow of the screw and fish pass.
A concrete mixer arrived during our visit with the concrete for the last slab.
The digger was used to tip the concrete into the trench
The guys in the trench soon had the concrete level and the slab completed
We are expecting the screw to be delivered in about 2 wks time.
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