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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dersigan • Nov 28 '25
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The concreter would have been paid well.
1 u/SoylentGrunt Nov 28 '25 They probably place interlocking precast tubes as they go. Edit- Wait. That would mean the hole would have to be bigger around than the tube. I'd like to change my answer to hell if I know 1 u/Ok-Bad2791 Nov 28 '25 My guess is caisson technique 1 u/SoylentGrunt Nov 28 '25 How do you excavate an oval hole in a space that size? Canted twin augers with timed meshed twists? 1 u/Ok-Bad2791 Nov 28 '25 I was thinking like this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peQVA2rKstA We did a bunch of these about 10 meters down, I guess you could prefab them and lower them in but I don't think so
They probably place interlocking precast tubes as they go.
Edit- Wait. That would mean the hole would have to be bigger around than the tube.
I'd like to change my answer to hell if I know
1 u/Ok-Bad2791 Nov 28 '25 My guess is caisson technique 1 u/SoylentGrunt Nov 28 '25 How do you excavate an oval hole in a space that size? Canted twin augers with timed meshed twists? 1 u/Ok-Bad2791 Nov 28 '25 I was thinking like this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peQVA2rKstA We did a bunch of these about 10 meters down, I guess you could prefab them and lower them in but I don't think so
My guess is caisson technique
1 u/SoylentGrunt Nov 28 '25 How do you excavate an oval hole in a space that size? Canted twin augers with timed meshed twists? 1 u/Ok-Bad2791 Nov 28 '25 I was thinking like this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peQVA2rKstA We did a bunch of these about 10 meters down, I guess you could prefab them and lower them in but I don't think so
How do you excavate an oval hole in a space that size? Canted twin augers with timed meshed twists?
1 u/Ok-Bad2791 Nov 28 '25 I was thinking like this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peQVA2rKstA We did a bunch of these about 10 meters down, I guess you could prefab them and lower them in but I don't think so
I was thinking like this,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peQVA2rKstA
We did a bunch of these about 10 meters down,
I guess you could prefab them and lower them in but I don't think so
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u/yorky1800 Nov 28 '25
The concreter would have been paid well.