Piling works on Melbourne, Australia's 319-meter-high Australia 108 tower, which is set to become the tallest residential building in the southern hemisphere, passed a milestone mid-February with a 175-cu-m concrete pour, the project’s biggest to date.
Geotechnical Engineering says piling on the $900-million, 100-level, 1,105-apartment block is expected to be completed by mid-March. Work involves the installation of more than 150 bored and continuous auger flight (CFA) piles up to 2.1 m in diameter and drilled some 45 m into the Melbourne Formation.