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Squaring Up With Diagonals
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a young lad pull his tapes…
Category: Groundwork
8 min
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Transferring Load From Wall to Pile
I’ve spent forty-three years watching lads chase the wrong problems on site. Most of them…
8 min
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Driven and Bored Piles Compared
I remember standing on a site in Kent back in the nineties, watching a lad…
8 min
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Rafts on Ground That Cannot Take Strips
I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’94, watching a lad…
9 min
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Trench Fill Costs More Concrete and Less Labour
I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’94, watching a lad…
8 min
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Strip Footings and Their Limits
I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a young lad try to explain…
9 min
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Why Foundations Go Deeper Than Frost
I was standing on a site in Essex back in ’98, watching a lad try…
8 min
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Distance to the Tree Sets the Depth
I remember standing on a driveway in Surrey about ten years back, looking at a…
8 min
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Clay Moves With the Seasons
I remember standing on a site in Surrey back in ’94, watching a lad pour…
8 min
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Clay, Sand, Peat and What Each Demands
I remember standing on a site in the late nineties, watching a lad pour a…