Wrapping a concrete column - GIF

[Altair]

Wrapping a concrete column.




Previously:

Pile statnamic load test - GIF
Vibratory pile crusher - GIF
Sinking a pile cage - GIF
Making pretensioned concrete piles - video
Treating pile heads - GIF

[Canyonman44]

Please pardon my ignorance here but.................Why??????

[Frank S]

Please pardon my ignorance here but.................Why??????

It's a fresh pour cured only long enough to remove the forms the wrapping is to keep the surface from being dried out prematurely, in an effort to facilitate an even cure throughout the column, or the forms will be clamped around the column again higher up to extend the column, the plastic will be clamped inside the form