PWC - London, Lift Steelwork

Since Novemeber last year i've been welding the steel work for the PWC Redevelopment in London, they are for the different Floor levels and the 220mm steel tubes for the Glass Lifts which go inside the Atrium.

The redevelopment is to be undertaken in two stages, with PwC staff remaining in part occupation throughout the redevelopment works. The redevelopment is due to complete in August 2013

1 Embankment Place is owned by the Sultan of Brunei and the 12-storey London icon accommodates 4,000 PwC staff across12 floors, providing a total of 346,000 sq ft of West End office space. The complete work is costing in the region of 40 million Pounds.

Prior to lift shaft being constructed a there have been a large amount of works carried out to the existing structure to provide additional strength to allow for the additional loads.

The lift shaft has been built from top down starting with a complex truss arrangement, the steel shaft then runs through the atrium of the building which is still holds 2,500 occupants while the works are in progress.

This truss was been part fabricated in sections to allow for restricted deliveries via the goods lift. The second part of the fabrication has been carried out on site fully welding the sections together to form the structure.



Following on from the truss the lift shaft is made up of vertical circular hollow steel sections with steel frames tying back into the structure at each level. On alternate levels a new slab is formed extending out to the new lift shaft.

Welding the Steelwork at the workshop













You can see the scale of the project in this You Tube Video, The first 15 secs are the wrong way up but after that you can just about make out the  tubes of the lifts in amongst all the scaffolding



and a HD version on Vimeo

I want to go to space!!

As the title says i need some serious voting if i'm ever going to weld up that space station in the sky, Alternatively if you guys want a bit of piece and quiet and want to get me off the planet in order to get some , well thats fine by me also  

I need to get as many Votes as i can, so please can you vote for me?

https://www.lynxapollo.com/en_GB/110101/gerry-sharpe

Welding Gauge

Hi all, whilst looking at the Ebay Bargains on welderfab.co.uk I came across a Welding Gauge, i placed a bid and won  

Take a peek here http://welderfab.co.uk/index.php?topic=29476.msg30295#msg30295



for £5.60   (works out at $8.84) its a bargain i'm sure but i've never heard of the A.L. GAGE CO OF AMERICA ? Are they still going or is it a real oldie  

Forum Moderator Required

Over the past few days we've been getting loads of new Welding and Fabrication work in the welderfab job boards, some days we see an excess of over 500 new welding jobs entered in the moderation queue, each one of those jobs needs to be checked before being approved for inclusion to the job boards.

We're looking for a Global moderator who can help keep the job boards clean and tidy, its pretty easy to do, its just a bit much for one person to do every day (me!!)

If your a welder/Fabricator with a passion for Welding and Engineering in General, and would like to be part of the UK newest and Biggest Welding Jobsite, Then send me a PM or email me direct admin@welderfab.co.uk

We don't expect much, just help out when you can, We have a zero approach to Spam on this site, so much so that systems are in place to stop spam 100%, your responsibilities would involve:-

1. Being an active member of the forums
2. Moderating the Job boards and approving/deleting jobs when necessary (Training given)
3. Helping , greeting and welcoming new members
4. Generally having fun, and making this "The" Place for Welders and fabricators in the UK 

Thanks

Gerry

Plant Room Walkway Part 2

Ok so i finally got the last section done and added to the trio





next it was just getting the handrails made up with TubeClamps











Now tomorrow i need to get it all undone and send the grating to the galvanisers, Good thing about making the handrails in the workshop is all i need to do is unbolt the base connectors from the Kickplate and send them on site whole, Then the fitters just need to line up the base plates and bolt direct, saving time and money  

Welderfab.com Coming soon

Since we have quite a few members from the states i've decided to create another site specifically for our American welders and fabricators. Its not fair on them joining here and only using half the forums its not as if they want to work in the UK so I('ve had a few emails saying why don't i do the same in the states.

Shortly members from the US will be able to log on and search for jobs in each state, we have a landing page where members can register their interest, and i'll post up the  url to that shortly.

Its quite a bit of work involved in setting up the US site, its so much larger than the UK but hopefully it should be completed within the next month or so. Until then i've forwarded the url to here so at least you'll be able to take part in discussions and air your views and ideas

As the project is in the early stages i'd welcome any new ideas or info, basically, what would you want to see on welderfab.com, i'm working on the landing page and when ready i'll change the domain forwarding to point at it.

You can pre-Register at welderfab.com

Plant room walkway

Had a little job today making up a walkway for a plant room, Got the middle bit done and one of the end bits, Just need to finish the other end bit Monday and make the handrails, but this is what i've done so far



The Grating made up of 25mm x 3mm slats



Cutting the Grating, The easiest way to cut this stuff is with a 9" grinder and cutting disc. A lot of people swear by gas cutting, but you need to clean up each strip before welding it, i just clamp a nice thick bar where i need to cut it and just cut with the grinder, easy  



the Middle and Top sectionsi had to weld a 25mm x 3mm strip to the end cut to finish off the ends but apart from that all looks well, Monday i'll finish the bottom section and add the handrails  

Forum all set with Vimeo

OK Guys heres the Vimeo vid in HD, Just paste the videos url in your post highlight it, like this 

Code: [Select]

http://vimeo.com/572892821
on Vimeo and then click on the vimeo icon (next to the UK Tube one   (make sure you remove the "S" from the http: at the beginning of the url

and this is the You Tube one 

25mm Wedges a handy little tool

A little tool that i made out offcuts, These are steel wedges which are useful for a variety of things, From levelling to help keep the metal apart when gas cutting, Everyone shroud have some wedges as part of their toolkit.

I hardened these myself by heating them cherry red and dropping them into some oil to cool down.

Can you weld a little plate :-)

Ok, So the boss comes down at tea break and says 

"Gerry can you go on site and weld a little plate"

Sure i said, so i got all my bits ready, loaded the welder genny on the truck, got my rods and tools and off i went to a Hospital where they are demolishing some of the old parts.



So i left to go to the hospital and try and find where i would need to weld this plate? 

This is what i found



Its a Ram Guard Its about 4ft long and made up of 100mm angle at 10mm thick, then there the bit that slides inside with the Hinge Attachment.

Its got to go on the ram casing and the hinge bit welds onto the hinge of the excavator, to protect the ram as it extends. See the picture below, Look at that nice shiny ram just looking to get damaged..



It took 4 of us to lift it onto the ram casing, i'd already sanded off the paint, Then i welded the guard on using low-hydrogen rods 7018.



Using the Low hydrogen rods i achieved Excellent puddle control, resulting in easier out-of-position welding, Ease of use, Great arc initiation, Minimal clean-up and a Wider operating range

I was pleased with the end result, i asked the driver to give it some rough, well just see the video below for yourselves..

Self employed or Ltd Company??

You can get an account with Makro the Cash & Carry and whilst i was there the other day they did bizweld welding Overalls, Fire resistant for Only £24.99 +vat, Which you can claim back 100% off your self assement or end of year tax  



Check out there website for a Makro near you http://store.makro.co.uk/

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Over 500 Jobs on a single day On Welderfab.co.uk

Come on over to welderfab.co.uk and take part in our Job portal, look for your ideal welding Job, Yesterday we had over 500 new welding and fabrication jobs like this one

Fabricator Welder
8 January 2013, 6:43 am

Working within our clients workshop initially, you will be required to read engineering drawings. welding on stainless steel, fabricate - predominately architectural Steel e.g. balustrades, stairways and hand rails for buildings as well as some more design based structures

Must have excellent English as clear communication is essential and must be able to read drawings and work on own initiative.

Skilled steel fabricators and welders only......

Must be experienced in MIG & MMA/TIG welding.

Possibly some Site based work later in contract so a CSCS card and full driving licence are required.

Duties will include:

- Fabricating

- Fitting balustrades, Juliet's, railings 

Must have cscs, own hand tools and cis.

Relevant experience is required for this job.

DO NOT CALL, EMAIL IN THE FIRST INSTANCE AND WE WILL CALL YOU BACK DUE TO THE NUMBER OF REPLYS A£12.50 - £14.50/hour.

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Some Railings

Hi all Another Project of mine, some railings for a primary school in Suffolk  I made these when i was working in Ipswich and took me a week to complete, They were power coated "Red" So you can't miss it 

Unwanted Christmas Presents

There seems to be loads of "Unwanted Christmas Presents" for sale on ebay, All wrapped up with paper and bows and no one is saying whats inside 

So basically you have to trust the person has not opened them or simply gone to a cheap shop and bought a load of poop, and wrapped it up Take a look at this one on the UK Ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unwanted-5-x-Ladies-Christmas-Presents-Unopened-/251207355721?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Celebrations_Occasions_ET&hash=item3a7d200d49

Unwanted 5 x Ladies Christmas Presents Unopened

22 bids and £51.00 about $82 

Can you believe people are happy to pay for something they don't know what it is??

The description even sound suspect...

Quote

Unwanted Unopened Ladies Christmas Presents x 5

These are presents I don't want (for Personal reasons)

I dont know what is inside but I think they could be Jewellery

New year New Beginning!!

0.99p start as I just want to be rid of them!

No returns

Now Sold for £91.09 or $146.72 and the buyers havn't a clue what they've bought, Crazy

Calls himself a welder?

Well this morning i had a bit of a shock it was so bad that i had to take pictures, because i just couldn't believe a Welder would simply do poop like that and then leave it.

I'm making a Lighting Gantry out of 100 x 100 x 10 RSA and you can imagine its pretty large and the welds have to be a decent fillet with good penatration, been doing fine myself until yesterday when they told me that a guy on night shift will finish off what i didn't manage to do during the day.

Well take a peek and tell me if this is bog standard welding or worst  :(

You wouldn't believe how ANGRY i got this morning at 7am. I spent the next 2.5 hours grinding out every weld that bloke did and re doing it.

Surely you can see its a load of Poop, why do it?? and he's a welder too, or at least he thinks he is.