Worker tightening an anchor bolt holding the mesh to the hillside
This was something a little bit different: an opportunity to photograph a series of slope stabilization projects by Pensar Construction along the Kuranda Range road and Captain Cook Highway. While we all know the feeling of being held up by roadworks, we rarely understand what work is actually going on… in this case, projects that prevent landslips and rockfalls along our highways and roads. I now have a new appreciation for the infrastructure and complexity involved, as well as for the workers clinging to the sides of these precarious hillsides.
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- Workers finish installing wire mesh on the Captain Cook Highway
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- Work in progress on the Kuranda Range
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- Traffic passes a hillside stabilized with meshing and anchor bolts
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- Workers preparing for the drilling of anchor supports on the Kuranda Range
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- A shotcreted stabilization section on the Western Arterial Rd
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- A shotcreted stabilization section on the Western Arterial Rd
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- Recently completed project on the Kuranda Range Road
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- A recently completed section of stabilization on the Kuranda Range
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- Worker bending mesh for benching along the Kuranda Range
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- Workers finish installing wire mesh on a slope stabilization project on Captain Cook Highway
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- Shotcreted slope overlooking the Coral Sea
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- Pensar crew looking over a project in progress on the Captain Cook Highway
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- Slope stabilization with shotcrete on the Cairns Western Arterial Rd
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- A recently completed section of stabilization on the Captain Cook Highway
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- A slope stabilized with shotcrete on the Captain Cook Highway
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- Anchor bolts securing steel mesh on a steep hillside