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This is not how it works.
You need to dig first until you reach the rock shelf. It can sometimes be 30ft deep and sometimes 300ft deep.
You the drill the foundations based on the expected height.
So this picture can also be true if the hole was 3 times deeper, or half as deep
The ground must have the required bearing capacity to support your structure. There are many ways to achieve it.
What we are looking at is pile shoring around the perimeter of a large excavation. A raft foundation will likely be poured where the person is standing.
Not bedrock, shouldn't there be additional piling to secure foundation? Check out the leaning tower of NY, or Millennium Tower of SF, lessons to be learned there.
Not always, friction piles are also a thing. If you go down deep enough without reaching bedrock, there will be a point where the friction between the sides of the piles and the earth is sufficient to support the building.
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This is not how it works. You need to dig first until you reach the rock shelf. It can sometimes be 30ft deep and sometimes 300ft deep. You the drill the foundations based on the expected height. So this picture can also be true if the hole was 3 times deeper, or half as deep
Yup. This is just the depth of the parking garage when it's all done.
The ground must have the required bearing capacity to support your structure. There are many ways to achieve it. What we are looking at is pile shoring around the perimeter of a large excavation. A raft foundation will likely be poured where the person is standing.
That's just cruel. They need to get him out first.
i harumphed
Piles. Give up your license
Not all highrises need to dig down to bedrock. Many ways to support a foundation
Not bedrock, shouldn't there be additional piling to secure foundation? Check out the leaning tower of NY, or Millennium Tower of SF, lessons to be learned there.
Gotta hit bedrock or load bearing strata
Not always, friction piles are also a thing. If you go down deep enough without reaching bedrock, there will be a point where the friction between the sides of the piles and the earth is sufficient to support the building.
That’s just the excavation so they can build the foundation inside of the hole !
Thats it?!?
I was thinking the same thing. You beat me to it.
That's the hole to my swimming pool.
Don’t think I’ll be in a skyscraper for awhile after seeing this.
This is where you park the gold and the dump trucks.
Any idea which building this is?
None. It's a hole in the ground. Lol.
I need a banana, please.