Dish assembly

A dish assembly including:

• a central hub having a central opening therein, and a dish support member supportable on a foundation and receivable within the central opening of the hub member and adapted to cooperate with the hub member whereby the dish assembly is elevated with respect to the foundation.

A method of erecting a dish assembly at a remote location, the dish assembly having a central hub and an outer rim member, the method including:

• transporting to the remote location a plurality of flat stacked substantially rectangular metal sheets or nested sections formed therefrom at the remote location forming a plurality of arcuate structural members of box—section configuration from the substantially rectangular metal sheets or from the sections formed therefrom, and positioning the plurality of arcuate structural members to extend concentrically from the central hub to the outer rim member, the arcuate structural members abutting along their inner and outer arcuate surfaces such that load can be transferred from an outer arcuate structural member to an adjoining inner arcuate structural member.

A method of elevating a dish assembly above a foundation including:

• providing an opening in a central portion of the dish assembly;
• ! mounting a dish support member on the foundation;
• supporting the dish assembly on the dish support member within the opening, and causing the dish assembly to travel along the dish support