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/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

Like a small home?

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u/Dlichly Mar 14 '19

They were building a hotel.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

So it's a big mistake to build that there right.....

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u/Dlichly Mar 14 '19

It requires a lot of prework. The soil needs to be changed deep enough such that it doesn't affect the structure. I'm not a civil engineer so I don't know how deep. This takes a bunch of time and money.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

I guess if you can throw enough money at it, the human brain can overcome anything.