26th June 1997 Garden Island Dock Yard Gets a Face Lift McConnell Dowell were selected contractors to top the cruiser wharf at Garden Island. The project cost was $4.3 million. How do you refurbish a wharf? With ingenuity and with the assistance of satisfactory machines. First of all, the piles had to be surveyed with several having to be replaced with new log piles and the remainder being boxed up and capped with a grout topping with rebar installed vertically to tie in to the overall concrete pour. Finally when all the piles were completed a 200-270mm, 50 mpa topping was laid over the whole of the wharf area. Mr Tony Button from McConnell Dowell rang  Advanced Building Systems who distributes the Allen Razorback Screed and said "Can we have a 10.67 metre screed within 3 days?" ABS answered "yes". McConnell Dowel asked "What tolerances can you guarantee?" And the answer was "Well, +/- 0.75 of a mm in 3 metres has been achieved for a Super Flat Floor at Castle Hill, but the normal tolerances that we are asked to screed is +/- 3mm in 3 metres." "That will do" said Tony from McConnell Dowell. "We only need +/- 5mm in 3 metres." The Allen Air Screed was delivered, it worked, it performed to McConnell Dowell's satisfaction. ABS did it again. Customer service reliability and performance to specification. To obtain the best in service Contact ABS Now