Building a Module; CAT Equipment Rental Building

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Thanks guys, got the new bridge in yesterday, started it last night

The first thing I needed to do was make some new bridge abutments. I built some forms and then backfilled them with some talus, then topped it off with Woodland Scenics Mold-A-Scene Plaster. Once the Plaster had set (about 30 mins) I took the forms out and then applied more Plaster to the outside surface of each abutment. Let them dry overnight, and then applied another thin coat of plaster this morning.

I then cut the bridge deck and glued it together. Each side was cut at an angle to match the embankment. Then the beams were glued together and cut to length, laid on the Bridge Abutment and then glued the deck to them.

After that I started gluing the rails to the outside of the deck. My plan for the rails is to have part of it finished, a new section with forms getting ready for the concrete pour, and then part of the old rails still in place with workers removing them getting them ready for the new forms for the new rails. If you will notice in the pictures below, I roughed up a small part of the old rail foundation and will have a worker with a jackhammer chipping away at the old rails. I glued one of the old wrought iron rails in, and then glued the other at an angle as if it was being removed. Ill put a welder on the side of the rail that is still hanging on as if he is torching it and cutting it away from the old rails foundation and piers.






i wont be painting the bridge abutments. Im going for the look that they are old and run down, and aging quickly. Kinda like the new extension is being built, and once completed, they will move to the old bridge and refurbish it and repair the abutments. Here are a couple shots from under the bridge where the creek runs under






These next few pictures are just some shots to show how some of the details will be laid out. I added some steel plates on either side of the bridge to show they have been working, and then added some temporary asphalt patches to the edges of the plates. The K-Rails that run along the bridge rails are to protect the workers who will be working on the demolition of old bridge rails and the construction of the new ones. The one K-Rail that is placed on the other side of the bridge is where another row of K-Rails will be laid the length of the bridge and traffic will go down the middle. I still need to get 2 flagmen (one for each side of the bridge) that will direct traffic across the narrowed one lane bridge










More progress pics to come soon