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#241 Post by EBG » Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:07 pm

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#242 Post by Pikey » Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:03 am

Looking over EBG's photo in the crane thread, I'd suggest there'll only be on crane here. The boom looks long enough to cover the entire site.
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#243 Post by Listy » Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:52 am

Pikey wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:03 am
Looking over EBG's photo in the crane thread, I'd suggest there'll only be on crane here. The boom looks long enough to cover the entire site.
Yeah, it covers the whole site easily - it actually extends right over into the railyard slightly. It's a little bit disconcerting seeing how much the arm sags in the middle!

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#244 Post by CBD05 » Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:14 am

There is going to be 2 cranes. In Listys photos you can see the location for the second.
Also the jib isnt bowing in the middle, its set that way for when it lifts (pre camber) a heavy load it will straighten a bit, very normal.

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#245 Post by AndyWelsh » Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:37 pm

“A massive bunker set to house South Australia’s game-changing proton therapy unit is complete in a landmark step for construction of the $500m Australian Bragg Centre for cancer treatment.”

I don’t have access to the full article, but it’s here if anyone does:

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sou ... 50f75e?amp


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#246 Post by Listy » Tue Nov 09, 2021 11:20 am

AndyWelsh wrote:
Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:37 pm
“A massive bunker set to house South Australia’s game-changing proton therapy unit is complete in a landmark step for construction of the $500m Australian Bragg Centre for cancer treatment.”

I don’t have access to the full article, but it’s here if anyone does:

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sou ... 50f75e?amp


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Giant bunker ready to house our lifesaving proton therapy beam
October 28, 2021 | Advertiser, The: Web Edition Articles (Adelaide, Australia)
Author/Byline: Brad Crouch; Health Reporter | Section: News

A massive bunker set to house South Australia's game-changing proton therapy unit is complete in a landmark step for construction of the $500m Australian Bragg Centre for cancer treatment.
The unit, with a beam capable of pulverising inoperable cancers with negligible damage to surrounding healthy tissue, will be the first in Australia.
With 2m-thick concrete walls and ceiling, the bunker is more than four storeys below ground level and its foundations go down another 20m. It will protect staff and the public from secondary radiation.
It will have 25,000 cubic metres of concrete and 3.5 million metres of reinforcement bar, which – placed end-to-end – would stretch from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) to Darwin.
The proton beam will be used for tumours near the brain, spinal cord or eyes.
Children and youth who would otherwise have to look overseas for last-ditch lifesaving options will be major beneficiaries. Those patients currently have to travel to places such as the US for last-chance treatment.
SAHMRI executive director Professor Steve Wesselingh said it was "tremendously exciting" to watch the Australian Bragg Centre take shape.
"The primary beneficiaries will be cancer patients, for whom this centre will literally be a life-changer," he said.
"However, it's also going to be critical in international proton therapy research. The use of protons for treatment is relatively new, so medical science has only scratched the surface of what cancers it could potentially be used to treat."
The project, which is creating 1000 jobs and generating $1bn in economic activity during construction, is due for completion in late 2023.
The centre will treat its first patients 18 months later and is expected to see about 700 patients a year.
The construction is funded through a partnership that includes SAHMRI, Commercial & General, and federal and state governments.
Commercial & General chairman Jamie McClurg said specialist consultants had ensured the bunker met specific tolerances required for radiation shielding. "We are incorporating international experience into a proudly South Australian build program that's creating something tremendously exciting for the future of our state," he said.
Medical physicist Scott Penfold, the centre's first employee, said: "The secondary radiation field produced by the proton beam requires incredibly thick concrete walls to ensure radiation doses to staff and members of the public are within regulatory limits and kept as low as reasonably achievable."
The federal government recently added proton beam therapy to the Medicare Benefits Schedule.

The Advertiser's definition of 'complete' must be a little different to mine, as it looks like there's still a lot of work being done in the bunker itself and the surrounding basement area (pic from this morning):

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#247 Post by SouthAussie94 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:36 am

Listy wrote:
Tue Nov 09, 2021 11:20 am
AndyWelsh wrote:
Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:37 pm
“A massive bunker set to house South Australia’s game-changing proton therapy unit is complete in a landmark step for construction of the $500m Australian Bragg Centre for cancer treatment.”

I don’t have access to the full article, but it’s here if anyone does:

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sou ... 50f75e?amp


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Here's the article:

Giant bunker ready to house our lifesaving proton therapy beam
October 28, 2021 | Advertiser, The: Web Edition Articles (Adelaide, Australia)
Author/Byline: Brad Crouch; Health Reporter | Section: News

A massive bunker set to house South Australia's game-changing proton therapy unit is complete in a landmark step for construction of the $500m Australian Bragg Centre for cancer treatment.
The unit, with a beam capable of pulverising inoperable cancers with negligible damage to surrounding healthy tissue, will be the first in Australia.
With 2m-thick concrete walls and ceiling, the bunker is more than four storeys below ground level and its foundations go down another 20m. It will protect staff and the public from secondary radiation.
It will have 25,000 cubic metres of concrete and 3.5 million metres of reinforcement bar, which – placed end-to-end – would stretch from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) to Darwin.
The proton beam will be used for tumours near the brain, spinal cord or eyes.
Children and youth who would otherwise have to look overseas for last-ditch lifesaving options will be major beneficiaries. Those patients currently have to travel to places such as the US for last-chance treatment.
SAHMRI executive director Professor Steve Wesselingh said it was "tremendously exciting" to watch the Australian Bragg Centre take shape.
"The primary beneficiaries will be cancer patients, for whom this centre will literally be a life-changer," he said.
"However, it's also going to be critical in international proton therapy research. The use of protons for treatment is relatively new, so medical science has only scratched the surface of what cancers it could potentially be used to treat."
The project, which is creating 1000 jobs and generating $1bn in economic activity during construction, is due for completion in late 2023.
The centre will treat its first patients 18 months later and is expected to see about 700 patients a year.
The construction is funded through a partnership that includes SAHMRI, Commercial & General, and federal and state governments.
Commercial & General chairman Jamie McClurg said specialist consultants had ensured the bunker met specific tolerances required for radiation shielding. "We are incorporating international experience into a proudly South Australian build program that's creating something tremendously exciting for the future of our state," he said.
Medical physicist Scott Penfold, the centre's first employee, said: "The secondary radiation field produced by the proton beam requires incredibly thick concrete walls to ensure radiation doses to staff and members of the public are within regulatory limits and kept as low as reasonably achievable."
The federal government recently added proton beam therapy to the Medicare Benefits Schedule.

The Advertiser's definition of 'complete' must be a little different to mine, as it looks like there's still a lot of work being done in the bunker itself and the surrounding basement area (pic from this morning):

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Where abouts in that photo is the bunker?
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#248 Post by Listy » Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:47 am

SouthAussie94 wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:36 am
Where abouts in that photo is the bunker?
I'm pretty sure the 'bunker' refers to the rectangular hole / structure at the back. There appeared to be a concrete pour in there this morning - building / thickening the walls I think.

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#249 Post by CBD05 » Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:44 pm

See that the satellite pump is in, and the first lot of columns have been poured. The slabs look to be at least 1m thick too!

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#250 Post by Listy » Fri Dec 10, 2021 10:51 am

Progress over the last few weeks. The central core looks like it will reach street level in the next week or so & one or two more concrete pours still to happen to finish the basement floor.

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#251 Post by mattblack » Mon Dec 13, 2021 1:05 pm

Bunker where the proton unit will be is top right of the site in that photo. Walls are 2m thick. Plan to be at street level by may 2022 with completion end of 2023. Fairly standard build once they get to street level, below street level anything but.

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#252 Post by ndru_01 » Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:05 pm

At 26:42 of this video you get a sense of the scale of the gantry that will take up the 3 bunker floors:

https://youtu.be/we69SKbZ8EA


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#253 Post by RichyRichc » Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:36 pm

2nd Tower Crane started going up over the weekend.

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#254 Post by citywatcher » Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:38 pm

Is the second crane fully installed now fellow posters ?

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#255 Post by EBG » Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:10 pm

The second crane was due to be completed last week (22-23/1/2022) but was called off due to bad weather. then nothing was done this week end (29-30/1/2022) so may be next weekend

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