What scale are the plans? Are there any bends? Are restraining glands being used? Can 11" HDPE be used in lieu of 10" or 12"? All these questions, and many more like them, need ...
Replies 10...If the pump does not run the water is drained off into the sewer system. Did I mention the sewer line comes in higher than our floor slab?...One day I will look back on this ...
Replies 30...Erosion control is becoming #1 priority in any job. Becoming? Certain counties around me have required S&EC "Green Card" certifications since the early 80's. Wait 'til you se...
Replies 13Want to save a dime, use Roctek for earthwork and get planswift for the balance of your materials. Word.
Replies 24$1k-1.5k seems to be about the going rate for digging a basement in my area. Any more than that i find that to be pretty expensive for digging a hole in less than a day. Pretty ...
Replies 37I have a quarter mile long drive that's back down to just the current stone topping. A local company has grinding at $16/ unscreened and $19/ screened, both delivered. What's be...
Replies 20Can i purchase insurance for devastating, business bankrupting fines, if this was to happen to me.I am thinking about employees more than owners being on site at time of inspec...
Replies 33Yeah we have a 36" auger bore to do in about 500'. Anyone looked at a directional drilling option? It might take a lot of fluids to support but I'd think it could be done. Fusio...
Replies 21I think helicles or wood piles with a cap. I have a meeting with the engineer and the owner tomorrow. That's friggin' crazy. Piles and pile caps for a 6' deep storm sewer? If yo...
Replies 21...we ran into bad soils. The invert of the pipe is about 6' deep....top 5' are muck, then there is a couple of feet of peat and then the rest is marl down to about 15'. Then w...
Replies 21...I think I would figure a dozer to push it to an excavator or wheel loader. Ditto. But if fine grading isn't required I might prefer track loader to truck.
Replies 14How's ADA compliance enforcement up your way with respect to pedestrian surface slopes? It's absolutely insane here. You pretty much need to figure on redoing 25% of new ingress...
Replies 24...I haven't paid the engineer yet. I wouldn't do so unless he provides what he offered to provide. Once he does that then he's owed money. BTW - Rino's practice of never becomi...
Replies 35...Whether intentional or complete ignorance, the real problem is that engineers...expect to get paid for any thought... for their own mistakes Bingo! You hit the nail on its ...
Replies 35...they add water...so they don't get it all stuck in the drum. It's all about the water. If the amount of water added to the batch in order to keep it usable exceeded the mix ...
Replies 97By losing half depth, you eliminate a lot of pressure. A lot? Well, you eliminate half the pressure by halving the depth. Maybe going from 100' deep to 50' deep that might be "a...
Replies 15... What is the best way to determine how many loads it will take to haul away "Morning Wood" is dead on with his observation. There are many, many, reasons a 20 yard can will ...
Replies 10...We are working on a pond that...never held water [because it's] setting in one of the finest gravel pits I have seen. The pond is about an acre in size and about 15-17 ft dee...
Replies 15...Styrofoam leaches chemicals into the ground, do people really use it for land fill? Does it leach something? I don't know. If it does I for one wouldn't worry much about the ...
Replies 35Assuming the hole already has a liner in it, fill it most of the way with "packing peanuts" or ground styrefoam, cover that with filter fabric, then top it off with 12" of plant...
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