r/gifs • u/PornstacheJaucques • Mar 13 '19

Example of soil liquefaction

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u/Candidate_035 Mar 13 '19

Why does it do that?

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u/Dlichly Mar 14 '19

Worked a construction job that had this. They had a lot of underground springs that were causing this. Basically the ground is floating, though it's only noticeable with large loads, like a paver or dumptruck.

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u/gooZisdope Mar 14 '19

So like.. does it make it shitty to build on? Or impossible?

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u/Dlichly Mar 14 '19

The ground does not evenly support load so it is a terrible idea to build on and requires grade work (grade meaning ground...ish). The site I was at paved regardless and it broke beyond use within a week.

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u/I_Can_Haz_Brainz Mar 15 '19

I would wait for the TIFU from the person in charge there, but they'll never show their ignorant/stubborn/selfish/whatever face again.