It seems weird to bury that much and have so little sticking up? Surely you'll just end up with a weak point when joining to that foundation anchor? i.e. Yes, that foundation isn't going anywhere ... but it'll just snap off at the base?
So, what I think happens... and you should not trust random internet people. Is that they are going to fill that with concrete and build the foundation off of that. As opposed to building the building directly off the slurry wall.
All of the development going on in Miami takes at least 2 years just to dig and create the foundation for those buildings. In 50 years 1 of 2 things will happen. Ghost Town or endless stream of collecting on flood insurance and FEMA relief.
A metric shit-ton is approximately 264.2 gallons of human dung, which would fill roughly a 4 foot cube of space. This is gonna be so many metric shit tons of concrete.
Nah, sand's a great foundation to build on, and you'd never get a hole that deep in it unless it was just as wide. They're probably tying into an existing structure at a lower level.
You mean clay that dries out and shrinks by 70% and your driveway drops 5 inches by the end of the summer and then it swells back up during rainy season and raises back up. Meanwhile it twists and turns the concrete until it breaks in 10 places? Wait until you actually take a look in the house lol. North Texas says hi.
[NSFW] @CollinRubinstein Here's your (experimental extra) drawing of a "big ass building, as a crocheted doll, in style of Marc Allante, at night, light fog, the Milky Way in the sky"
Spoiler alert, the excavation is full of mud/slurry that's denser than water, so the soil doesn't collapse; but less dense than wet concrete, so concrete sinks to the bottom as its poured, displacing the slurry upwards.
RichardHardley
Elevator to hell
MojoBobtheHoochyman
The video stopped before they started shoveling concrete in from wheelbarrows. Pity.
FairfaxJack
It's called a slurry wall and holy hell this on is massive!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLDH6yZCPEU
vanderzee
should be top comment
wadenelson1
Nobody asking the real question how did they dig suck a perfectly fitting hole.
witheredspoon
Aliens
DougTheLlama
I feel like "dig suck" answers it's own question
jimhotep
Slower, you slut.
MrSnuffleupagus172
I thought they said just the tip!
GiantSquanchy
SlyeFox
Source?
GiantSquanchy
SlyeFox
Neat, reminds me of Gerry Anderson's Stingray.
akrabbim
That's not going anywhere.
htapoicoS
That's what your dad said
USSBigBooty
Not after they pour the concrete anyway.
Drix1942
They forgot to slap it; it might move. :(
Sm9yCg
It's going down, don't you see?
AzraelEternity
I'm yelling timber.
frozenbabylon
You must say this of the ritual is not complete.
Gort207
as long as they reached bedrock
nopenopebadger
And slaps it.
EstellaOsoka
RIPPatriceoNeal
Brondahl
It seems weird to bury that much and have so little sticking up? Surely you'll just end up with a weak point when joining to that foundation anchor? i.e. Yes, that foundation isn't going anywhere ... but it'll just snap off at the base?
thebonesofmyancestors
So, what I think happens... and you should not trust random internet people. Is that they are going to fill that with concrete and build the foundation off of that. As opposed to building the building directly off the slurry wall.
charondaboatman
Jfc, that’s going to be a shit ton of concrete. Must be a fairly sandy/loamy soil.
ReconditeEidolon
All of the development going on in Miami takes at least 2 years just to dig and create the foundation for those buildings. In 50 years 1 of 2 things will happen. Ghost Town or endless stream of collecting on flood insurance and FEMA relief.
borednerd55
In 100 years there's gonna be some real cool coral reefs (if there are hardy enough coral species)
HugoAGoGuru
Metric shit ton*
Jagernot
A metric shit-ton is approximately 264.2 gallons of human dung, which would fill roughly a 4 foot cube of space. This is gonna be so many metric shit tons of concrete.
SilkStockingFullOfShit
Nah, sand's a great foundation to build on, and you'd never get a hole that deep in it unless it was just as wide.
They're probably tying into an existing structure at a lower level.
Relikar
You're thinking of clay. Clay is a great foundation.
grenader
You mean clay that dries out and shrinks by 70% and your driveway drops 5 inches by the end of the summer and then it swells back up during rainy season and raises back up. Meanwhile it twists and turns the concrete until it breaks in 10 places? Wait until you actually take a look in the house lol. North Texas says hi.
Relikar
I mean the clay that you build on and doesn't move an inch for decades. Canada says hi.
charondaboatman
TohmaytohTohmahtoh
I hope that was sarcasm. Sandy soils is the worst! Low phi angle and no compaction strength. Shit slides sideways, yo.
Silkyninja1
That take like 3 weeks to cure?
Aldamas
It never stops curing
random360
Why would it take longer to cure? Curing is not drying.
jimicus
Concrete does take longer to cure if it’s a particularly thick lump of the stuff. About 1mm/day is the rule of thumb.
JoshuaFalken
And a big ass building
HavelTh3Rock
What's an ass building
GlowstickJedi
I thought they were normally made of brick?
1BadPanda
If you have to ask you can't afford it.
IGiveSauce
There's always a relevant xkcd https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/hyphen.jpg
ThisOldCPU
Buscemifier
I should call her
HavelTh3Rock
Fair enough
ProppaGanda
@botdrawa big ass building
BotDrawA
[NSFW] @CollinRubinstein Here's your drawing of a "big ass building"
BotDrawA
[NSFW] @CollinRubinstein Here's your (experimental extra) drawing of a "big ass building, as a crocheted doll, in style of Marc Allante, at night, light fog, the Milky Way in the sky"
arocktrucker777
Then they fill it with concrete
CorgisButtsDriveMeNuts
OK what the hell is that for?
blfpd
Insert disc 1
shaggynuts78
How big is that furnace?
OddlyPacific
Bonesaw approves
LordWhirlin
Suddenly, I feel like to need to construct additional of those.
Tuoni
Tokyo-3, Humanity's last hope.
anglarite
Wasn't aware they started this
RobboRobboxyz
Fill me up Daddy . . .
RoYoMi
Everything reminds me of her.
nomealone
Music is soo sexy!!
BarnegatLight
Any idea what they're building?
BklynPunisher
Trump’s wall 😂🤣
ButteryBiscuitBass
Something big.
htapoicoS
OP's mom got a new dildo. They are pulling it out again
harthram
Colander to catch underground pasta.
Frederf
Yes, one of those
alcamar
Another Dollar Store, they're having to layer them now, requires extra support for all the rats.
Coneamahfone
Foundations! It says at the top of the page. 😉
GordonFreeman59
;)
Jezzz
A seat fo yo Momma!
wadenelson1
That ought to keep the mice from getting in!
mercbrit
Who is making the music? I like it. Kind of chill.
Catchiest20Two
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-retro-hip-hop-147555/
I think this is it
Bacadiar
Yes! Sauce on the tunes please, OP!
chiefrunswithscissors
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chiefrunswithscissors
Just Shazamd it. It's just called retro hip hop by royalty free music background lol.
Toqom
Omg a free song, I was also jamming to it
yesyoucancancan
How the hell did they dig a hole like that?
mondeca
Good news: We've successfully inserted the game cartridge into the Earth.
Bad news: It's Missile Command.
RicardoRix
defend the bases
ralphmelish
How do you even create the fitting hole in the ground? Not that an excavator could just go that deep, can it?
baldbear
There are longer arms for excavators, and grabbers for cranes.
madeejit
Spoiler alert, the excavation is full of mud/slurry that's denser than water, so the soil doesn't collapse; but less dense than wet concrete, so concrete sinks to the bottom as its poured, displacing the slurry upwards.
grotjam
Cool to learn, thanks!