2609 pts ยท July 11, 2014
Just watch a video of 2 Giraffes fight, those horns at the top can get moving.
The Company tier, the $150, plus a similar cost of add-ons.
Depends, mostly on the type of work and site conditions. For safety, it's as safe as it can be made considering the weight of the objects in motion. The first version had the crane operator working at the max loading for the crane configuration a couple of times. Well, the limits the cranes computer had programmed into it, there's a safety buffer present.
I don't think so.
That first snap sounded like an electric buzz.
No there were no drainage issues. The median pavement was in good condition and this work was carryover because the contractor didn't have enough time the year prior to place the chip seal and have it set before the weather turned and temperatures prevented the emulsified asphalt from curing.
If you mean the dump trucks' brakes, no they don't, the spreader hooks on to a hitch on the back of the truck and pulls it along. All the truck driver does is follow the operator's signals to raise and lower the bed.
The highway is a rural to urban transition, there are alot of houses and businesses on either side of it, so a traditional grassed median with crossovers for driveways wouldn't really work. Additionally, safety is a concern, this stretch of highway sees an average of 11,200 vehicles daily, IH-39 about 30 minutes east sees about 14,600 vehicles. Finally, this was how they laid out roads for this condition when it was built in the late 80s.
(2/2) To contrast that with this recycled 1.25 inch Base Aggregate made out of recycled concrete. But even this it generally better than pure virgin base aggregate because the concrete had to previously meet our specifications, which means that there is now real variability to what is being processed. But again, this material has to meet our specifications so that water can drain out and the material can support the road above it.
No, this was quarried stone, virgin aggregate, not reprocessed material. Here is the stockpile that the contractor delivered prior to starting the work so they only needed 3 trucks running 10 minute round trips vs hour plus if they pulled from the source. The stone had to meet listed specifications - wear, percent with 2+ fractured faces, and a gradation. (1/2)
Because that was how the road was built in 1987, and the area has been built up since, and the project was to perpetuate what was out there, not reconstruct it. The median is too narrow for a grass strip, the trees would pose a hazard to motorists since the road there is 45 mph. The project went from here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eQhEJL2eDWB5tdYi7 south to the STH 73 intersection.
Sounds like a thin polymer overlay (or epoxy overlay) if it was on a bridge. Those are used mainly to seal little cracks in the deck with epoxy and to improve traction on bridge decks. But they are very sensitive and if the deck isn't properly cleaned or is a bit damp, they will peel off. They also perform poorly when placed on pavement that sits on soil instead of the bridge deck.
A chip seal is a cheap and effective means to restore friction to a driving surface that may not necessarily be in poor enough condition to need a mill to come in and remove the top 2 inches of asphalt. Typically the chip seals are used on county and city roads to extend their life, not so much on state or interstates due to safety concerns with high speed traffic on what amounts to pea gravel.
Close, this highway is in a rural to urban transition area and has alot of houses and businesses on either side, hence the traversable median. The chip seal was closer to painting the median red without using paint. This was closer to seal coating a driveway or parking lot.
Good News then, we had double the papers in far more pixels on site too.
Thanks for pointing my mistake out, it should have read grey, and I've fixed it.
No, because the 30 year old asphalt in the median was in good enough shape that the money couldn't be justified to change the median.
Your first 2 photos reminded me of the time I got a call from a foreman saying "Uh, we apparently got a problem down by the creek." And when I got there I found a hole in the road that lead to a nearly 8 ft deep void next to a manhole. Luckily the road was closed and it had been found after the concrete breaker had passed over.
Patio, ground level deck, same thing.
#10, I'll take that challenge and stick a knife in my deck. And you never said it had to be a wooden deck.
There's at least 4 of us.
Well, it's now a yard light, but yes, I do, it's an old one too. I inherited it from my grandparents on my Mom's side.
Add water before eating it next time.
In my experience, that's the most damage a d4 can do.
2/2 would be if I was handling a couple of big multi-million dollar projects, the $5 million in design projects are a drop in the budget.
Shh, don't ruin my fantasy, I work for a state agency and would hope a call would rattle them. The only way it would make a difference 1/2
I wish I was still WFH, maybe I could've gotten our IT department to pressure my ISP last week when my pole was taken out.
Until they take over the river in front of your house for half a year. Nonstop honking. Oh, and that's not grass, it's their crap.
My cat won't eat the pate can foods unless I break it up. And he hasn't had a can of it in the previous 6 weeks.
That's in LA on the west coast, this is in the middle of the country.
Just watch a video of 2 Giraffes fight, those horns at the top can get moving.
The Company tier, the $150, plus a similar cost of add-ons.
Depends, mostly on the type of work and site conditions. For safety, it's as safe as it can be made considering the weight of the objects in motion. The first version had the crane operator working at the max loading for the crane configuration a couple of times. Well, the limits the cranes computer had programmed into it, there's a safety buffer present.
I don't think so.
That first snap sounded like an electric buzz.
No there were no drainage issues. The median pavement was in good condition and this work was carryover because the contractor didn't have enough time the year prior to place the chip seal and have it set before the weather turned and temperatures prevented the emulsified asphalt from curing.
If you mean the dump trucks' brakes, no they don't, the spreader hooks on to a hitch on the back of the truck and pulls it along. All the truck driver does is follow the operator's signals to raise and lower the bed.
The highway is a rural to urban transition, there are alot of houses and businesses on either side of it, so a traditional grassed median with crossovers for driveways wouldn't really work. Additionally, safety is a concern, this stretch of highway sees an average of 11,200 vehicles daily, IH-39 about 30 minutes east sees about 14,600 vehicles. Finally, this was how they laid out roads for this condition when it was built in the late 80s.
(2/2) To contrast that with this recycled 1.25 inch Base Aggregate made out of recycled concrete. But even this it generally better than pure virgin base aggregate because the concrete had to previously meet our specifications, which means that there is now real variability to what is being processed. But again, this material has to meet our specifications so that water can drain out and the material can support the road above it.
No, this was quarried stone, virgin aggregate, not reprocessed material. Here is the stockpile that the contractor delivered prior to starting the work so they only needed 3 trucks running 10 minute round trips vs hour plus if they pulled from the source. The stone had to meet listed specifications - wear, percent with 2+ fractured faces, and a gradation. (1/2)
Because that was how the road was built in 1987, and the area has been built up since, and the project was to perpetuate what was out there, not reconstruct it. The median is too narrow for a grass strip, the trees would pose a hazard to motorists since the road there is 45 mph. The project went from here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eQhEJL2eDWB5tdYi7 south to the STH 73 intersection.
Sounds like a thin polymer overlay (or epoxy overlay) if it was on a bridge. Those are used mainly to seal little cracks in the deck with epoxy and to improve traction on bridge decks. But they are very sensitive and if the deck isn't properly cleaned or is a bit damp, they will peel off. They also perform poorly when placed on pavement that sits on soil instead of the bridge deck.
A chip seal is a cheap and effective means to restore friction to a driving surface that may not necessarily be in poor enough condition to need a mill to come in and remove the top 2 inches of asphalt. Typically the chip seals are used on county and city roads to extend their life, not so much on state or interstates due to safety concerns with high speed traffic on what amounts to pea gravel.
Close, this highway is in a rural to urban transition area and has alot of houses and businesses on either side, hence the traversable median. The chip seal was closer to painting the median red without using paint. This was closer to seal coating a driveway or parking lot.
Good News then, we had double the papers in far more pixels on site too.
Thanks for pointing my mistake out, it should have read grey, and I've fixed it.
No, because the 30 year old asphalt in the median was in good enough shape that the money couldn't be justified to change the median.
Your first 2 photos reminded me of the time I got a call from a foreman saying "Uh, we apparently got a problem down by the creek." And when I got there I found a hole in the road that lead to a nearly 8 ft deep void next to a manhole. Luckily the road was closed and it had been found after the concrete breaker had passed over.
Patio, ground level deck, same thing.
#10, I'll take that challenge and stick a knife in my deck. And you never said it had to be a wooden deck.
There's at least 4 of us.
Well, it's now a yard light, but yes, I do, it's an old one too. I inherited it from my grandparents on my Mom's side.
Add water before eating it next time.
In my experience, that's the most damage a d4 can do.
2/2 would be if I was handling a couple of big multi-million dollar projects, the $5 million in design projects are a drop in the budget.
Shh, don't ruin my fantasy, I work for a state agency and would hope a call would rattle them. The only way it would make a difference 1/2
I wish I was still WFH, maybe I could've gotten our IT department to pressure my ISP last week when my pole was taken out.
Until they take over the river in front of your house for half a year. Nonstop honking. Oh, and that's not grass, it's their crap.
My cat won't eat the pate can foods unless I break it up. And he hasn't had a can of it in the previous 6 weeks.
That's in LA on the west coast, this is in the middle of the country.