At The River’s South Tower, the matt foundation’s first pour of 4,000 cubic metres of concrete, or some 600 truck loads, took place in early December. To date, construction crews have set 521 bored piles and 87 70-metre-long Barrette piles
– the deepest in Bangkok – used 4,000 tonnes of steel reinforcement and poured 15,000 cubic metres of concrete - enough for 350 houses.

Following the first major concrete pour in mid-November, sub-structure work at The River is now 71% complete. Preparations are being made for the first concrete pour of matt foundation to the South Tower in early December, when over 4000m³ of concrete will be used, which equates to around 600 concrete trucks and will be the biggest milestone of The River project to date. Coordination planning is currently being carried out for the intersection work between sub-structure and super structure teams before the iconic building starts to rise.

The 1st major concrete pour to The River project took place on Saturday 8th November 2008 with phase 1 of the matt foundation to Tower B successfully installed within a 10 hour period. Congratulations to the site team must be given for accomplishing such a logistically difficult task.

With 200 workers currently on site, sub-structure work is now 63% complete. Preparation of pile caps for attachment to foundation continues and the concrete pour to the foundation slab of the North Tower is expected over the next few weeks.

Almost 250 workers are on-site daily at The River, with the most notable achievement this month the completion of the basement excavation and steel bracing supports. Pile caps are being prepared for attachment to the foundation slab. Load and seismic testing to piles is ongoing with all passing to date. Piling is also complete for the adjacent commercial project.