Chapter 6
I Construction During The Settlement Years
II The Use Of Timber As A Structural Material
III Structural Steel
IV Concrete Technology
V Housing
VI Industrialised Pre-cast Concrete Housing
VII Ports And Harbours
VIII Roads
IX Heavy Foundations
X Bridges
XI Sewerage
XII Water Engineering
XIII Railways
XIV Major Buildings
XV Airports
XVI Thermal Power Stations
XVII Materials Handling
XVIII Oil Industry
i All Welded Storage Tanks
ii Insulated Fuel Oil Pipeline
iii Wartime Concrete Tanks
iv The Cobia 2 Sub-sea Completion
v Mackerel and Tuna Platforms
vi Snapper Post-Trenching Plough
vii The North West Shelf Project Plough
XIX The Snowy Mountains Scheme
XX The Sydney Opera House
XXI The Sydney Harbour Bridge
XXII Hamersley Iron
XXIII North West Shelf
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Wartime Concrete Tanks
During the Second World War the establishment of reserve storage for petroleum products was an urgent requirement. Steel plate was in great demand and local production limited. Where such storage was planned for seaboard locations, blast protection was required. To meet this need two concrete tank designs were developed for the Commonwealth Department of Interior. A number were built and in most cases construction was carried out by the Allied Works Council.The first design was for fuel oil and was simply a reinforced concrete shell and floor with a timber and fibro cement roof. The thickness of the shell provided ample blast protection. The second design was for petrol and consisted of a concrete shell with a steel plate lining, a concrete floor and a thin concrete slab roof supported on timber columns. The liquid pressure was taken by the steel lining, which was protected by the concrete shell. Loss of petrol through the floor was prevented by maintaining a layer of water on the bottom. Both designs saw useful service and some of the fuel oil tanks are still in use.
Several technical developments of significance were achieved in Bass Strait during the last decade. Some industry firsts in Australia included: Sub-sea Completions; very high angle wells developed by the Esso/BHP Partnership; a unique approach to integrated design in the Mackerel and Tuna Platforms; and the Snapper Plough.
Organisations in Australian Science at Work - Allied Works Council
People in Bright Sparcs - Gorrie, A. W.
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