Space-age tool aids building
The $5O million Clarendon Towers office block is well on its way to completion — with the help of space-age technology. Ten of the 17 levels of the office tower are up since work began earlier this year. Completion is expected about September next year, said its developers, the Paynter Corporation. Much of the credit for the rapid rise of concrete framework can be given to some of the space-age technology commop., of building sites today.,,'
One such instrument is the laser beam used to ensure the building is level. Construction workers use the $17,000 tool to cut down the job of two men to a simple task completed by one. A laser light does the same task once done by plumb lines and set squares. According to . the Paynter Corporation’s managing director, Mr Robin Hughes, only three levels remain unlet.
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Press, 9 October 1987, Page 3
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