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The four yellow bars protruding from the concrete are what the coaster's supports are bolted to. With the ride being prefabricated in Germany it's crucial that these bars are placed absolutely perfectly on the site.
This photo shows the basic three basic components of roller coaster foundations. The slab at the base, known as a "pile cap", is heavily reinforced and connects with "piles" that extend many metres below the surface. The yellow rebar fixture on the right will be placed within the rebar that extends from the pile cap and the entire column filled with concrete. All but this column will then be covered over with dirt.
Dust flies as earthworks continue for the ride. These eight-bolt support columns will be fairly sizeable, either supporting heavy forces or spanning large heights
The yellow coloured rebar needs to be very accurately placed as this is what the precisely engineered supports for the ride will attach to.
Plastic pipes stacked up to be used as moulds for forming the neat cylindrical footings.
As a general rule, the more bolts, the larger the support column.
The bulk of the footings are round, with varying numbers of bolts protruding. The black box suspended in the middle of the each exists to leave room in the concrete for a rectangular protrusion at the bottom of the support columns that Mack coasters feature.
Some of these rectangular footings are about the size of a car.
In addition to the cylindrical footings of various sizes, the construction site also features several of these particularly large rectangular footings.
The complete layout of Skatteøen, featuring its roller coaster segment and the splashdown finale.
With a roller coaster coming this far out the front of the park, the whole perspective of Movie World will change for guests driving in each morning.
New perimeter fencing will be installed in the near future.
It doesn't get more riveting than fencing poles.
Dirt: the Ride.
Nothing has happened with the swamp area, indicating that the roller coaster will stay on this side of it.
Like I said... it's about as interesting as watching them build a drainage ditch right now.
Huge lengths of rebar have appeared too. These will form the roller-coaster's footings. The sheer length of these would suggest some pretty significant support columns. Each will be buried and surrounded by concrete more or less flush with the ground.
You heard 'em... no parking!
The cleared land is a huge space though, and the marked points that could indicate footing placement are spread quite thin.
And let's be honest, if it weren't for all this exciting Mack business, we might as well be covering the construction of a storm water drain right now.
