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Commercial construction work pictures
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skyking1
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That poly in a 4" sleeve ran almost the whole way in my dig. The grease lines from the kitchen ran to a concrete sump in the original construction. There was a pump in there that pushed it up that poly to the steel tank.
So that was grease system #1
It dumped into that private sewer manhole I had my mishap in. It was the worst channeling job I had ever seen. The day I got hurt I had fixed that mess with 2 bags of fast set. I have pictures of what I found there when I did a preconstruction inspection months ago.
Some time later, they tear up the whole lot, and hammer out the side of the concrete sump and run a 4" SDR35 pipe out to a *10,000* gallon grease interceptor!
Grease system #2
The county has determined that these giant tanks were a giant mistake, as they sit far too long between pumpings and become very strange science experiments.
The new business has to install a new 1500 to open. That's where I come in with
Grease system #3
So that was grease system #1
It dumped into that private sewer manhole I had my mishap in. It was the worst channeling job I had ever seen. The day I got hurt I had fixed that mess with 2 bags of fast set. I have pictures of what I found there when I did a preconstruction inspection months ago.
Some time later, they tear up the whole lot, and hammer out the side of the concrete sump and run a 4" SDR35 pipe out to a *10,000* gallon grease interceptor!
Grease system #2
The county has determined that these giant tanks were a giant mistake, as they sit far too long between pumpings and become very strange science experiments.
The new business has to install a new 1500 to open. That's where I come in with
Grease system #3
skyking1
Senior Member
Yes I found an unlocated gas line to a big fireplace inside at that brick chimney and dug under/around that. It was probably to a propane tank 40 years ago, but we treated it as if it was live.
skyking1
Senior Member
I pulled off that job to start a big church job. It is our glacial till, very low soil content and sometimes really big potatoes. The ditches are wide and fragile banks. I am educating the plumbers to travel up and down the trenches and not just try to jump in any old place.
That's about a 35 load of a rock.
That's about a 35 load of a rock.
skyking1
Senior Member
I'll get some pictures up of the grease interceptor I have going. SDR35 6" and Kor-n-boot seals from Trellborg. I have only one sand collar at the baffle. The boot seal caused a headache at the tie in.
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I pulled off that job to start a big church job. It is our glacial till, very low soil content and sometimes really big potatoes. The ditches are wide and fragile banks. I am educating the plumbers to travel up and down the trenches and not just try to jump in any old place.
That's about a 35 load of a rock.
Is that a pre-cast curb or retainer wall? Interesting.
skyking1
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footings
skyking1
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I am bouncing back to the grease interceptor job when I can. I hauled a load of pea gravel in to bed the pipe and fill/abandon that weird 4' x 11' round grease interceptor.
It took a couple of 11.25 degree bends to get the pipe in the ditch.
That is a concrete sump that had a pump in it, that pumped the whole kitchen drain load around to that little round tank. The next system they broke out the side of the sump and put in the huge tank. The storm pipe was part of my ditch, especially at that first cleanout.
The municipality wanted a Kor-N-Seal boot into the existing manhole, when a sand collar would do fine. It caused a few headaches because there was a huge knockout that I had to avoid to get some good material to set the boot into.
It took a couple of 11.25 degree bends to get the pipe in the ditch.
That is a concrete sump that had a pump in it, that pumped the whole kitchen drain load around to that little round tank. The next system they broke out the side of the sump and put in the huge tank. The storm pipe was part of my ditch, especially at that first cleanout.
The municipality wanted a Kor-N-Seal boot into the existing manhole, when a sand collar would do fine. It caused a few headaches because there was a huge knockout that I had to avoid to get some good material to set the boot into.
skyking1
Senior Member
no those are poured in place. there is a 2" insulation board on the inside, with a 45 at the top.
skyking1
Senior Member
They thought it was a good idea, bigger being better.
Much better at growing weird science experiments!!
skyking1
Senior Member
We got into the deeps and are setting speed shoring. It is running gravel and not good for shoring, but we are getting it done. Note the gap for the string line. Plumbers are fond of string lines.
skyking1
Senior Member
I'm starting a new dig on Tuesday and today I loaded some structures to the job site. I just put them in the back of the dump truck, a type 2 and a lid, and 5 type 30s.
the tower crane picked them out of my dump truck and they hid them wherever they could out of the way.
the tower crane picked them out of my dump truck and they hid them wherever they could out of the way.
skyking1
Senior Member
sounds about right, and the one I am working on is the same ownership and probably very similar. 380 units in two distinct towers over a common parking garage/retail facing the street.
brianbulldozer
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Affirmative on the wood framed construction over a parking garage. We did the site work on the building in the foreground a few years ago. The walls, for the most part, were constructed on the ground and lifted into place with the tower crane.
skyking1
Senior Member
Mobed onto the job Monday with both excavators. Started Tuesday and set a type 2, backfilled and started another dig yesterday, and today we finished the dig, set the 6x6x6 build-a-box structure shoring, set the other type 2, dug for the oil/water separator, hopped the box forward, and set that too. All the picks save that little plastic separator were done with the tower crane.
Poor little 35 was hanging its toes digging those holes!
I was dug out the bottom of that 6' tall box another 18"
They filled it with water ASAP, as we are getting a continuous stream of rain for the next few days. I'm not concerned about the 6400 pound type 2 stack, but that 200 pound plastic structure is quite buoyant. It is also very tight in that structure box, maybe 5" total clearance to pull the box up off it. I chocked it in there with a yard or so of pea gravel and full of water it should resist any effort to displace it while we pull the box.
That's it for bigger structures and deep digging. Now I will be trenching from 4' on up and setting type 30 catchbasins.
Poor little 35 was hanging its toes digging those holes!
I was dug out the bottom of that 6' tall box another 18"
They filled it with water ASAP, as we are getting a continuous stream of rain for the next few days. I'm not concerned about the 6400 pound type 2 stack, but that 200 pound plastic structure is quite buoyant. It is also very tight in that structure box, maybe 5" total clearance to pull the box up off it. I chocked it in there with a yard or so of pea gravel and full of water it should resist any effort to displace it while we pull the box.
That's it for bigger structures and deep digging. Now I will be trenching from 4' on up and setting type 30 catchbasins.