Sixty per cent of the large precast concrete wall panels in the Farmers build are erected and in the next fortnight, concrete will be poured into part of its first floor slab. Nine of the 89 concrete columns for the car park are in place, while 40 per cent of its foundations are finished. “We’re relying very much on the delivery of steel work and the precast, that’s the key to the continuing progress . and obviously getting the foundations in,” Cotton said. ”When they connect these new buildings to the old facades, we can get rid of the steel [supports] on Esk St.”