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One Datum Everyone Works From
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One Datum Everyone Works From

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • March 29, 2026
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad try to set out…
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Squaring Up With Diagonals
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Squaring Up With Diagonals

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • March 22, 2026
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a young lad pull his tapes…
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Transferring Load From Wall to Pile
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Transferring Load From Wall to Pile

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • March 14, 2026
I’ve spent forty-three years watching lads chase the wrong problems on site. Most of them…
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Driven and Bored Piles Compared
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Driven and Bored Piles Compared

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • March 9, 2026
I remember standing on a site in Kent back in the nineties, watching a lad…
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Rafts on Ground That Cannot Take Strips
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Rafts on Ground That Cannot Take Strips

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • March 2, 2026
I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’94, watching a lad…
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Trench Fill Costs More Concrete and Less Labour
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Trench Fill Costs More Concrete and Less Labour

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • February 25, 2026
I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’94, watching a lad…
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Strip Footings and Their Limits
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Strip Footings and Their Limits

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • February 15, 2026
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a young lad try to explain…
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Why Foundations Go Deeper Than Frost
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Why Foundations Go Deeper Than Frost

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • February 7, 2026
I was standing on a site in Essex back in ’98, watching a lad try…
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Distance to the Tree Sets the Depth
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Distance to the Tree Sets the Depth

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • February 2, 2026
I remember standing on a driveway in Surrey about ten years back, looking at a…
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Clay Moves With the Seasons
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Clay Moves With the Seasons

  • Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
  • January 22, 2026
I remember standing on a site in Surrey back in ’94, watching a lad pour…
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