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Backfilling & Compression Compaction (Phase 1)

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What happens here

Structural fill soil is brought into the pool area and spread in small lifts (layers). The skid steer is then driven over the new layers of soil multiple times to achieve compression compaction. This method is chosen over vibratory compactors to avoid pumping moisture up from below the pool bottom, which could compromise stability. The crushed gunite material from the demolition is incorporated into the fill, acting as a binding agent to further firm up the soil.

Goal: Lay and compact the first layers of structural fill soil, incorporating crushed gunite.

Tools and materials

  • Skid Steer ASV RT-75 Posi-Track — Spreading and compacting structural fill soil
  • Crushed Gunite N/A — Acting as a binding agent within the fill soil
  • Structural Fill Soil — Filling the pool and compacting

What they say

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i don't know where i'm going but i don't want to know what predictable life is not what i want putting one foot down one step at a time let the road turn the pump gets out the water but there's still a layer of sledge on the bottom with a stroke of a pen take those the material on the bottom is basically like snot so to make it cohesive enough to move out we got to mix in some of our structural fill soil [Applause] you might get to the end doing nothing wrong to find you the gunite does not get removed it actually gets carefully broken up into a small pieces as possible and then that gets incorporated back into the soil and it acts as an amazing binding agent helping to stitch that soil together and actually firm it up [Music] [Applause] [Music] players [Music] they put the material in in very small lifts and use compression compaction to make sure that we won't have any settlement down the road now we could bring in a big plate compactor or a vibratory compactor but the problem is we don't know how much moisture lies below the pool bottom and anytime that you use vibratory compaction you risk pumping the water up from down below so we want to make sure that we use compression compaction and still get our soil sperm that way

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