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Trench Excavation and Base Preparation (Day 01 Continued)

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Can they BUILD the wall in time!

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What happens here

The crew begins the laborious task of digging a trench along the sidewalk where the new retaining wall will be built. This involves using shovels to excavate the soil and move it to a designated spoil pile. Once the trench is dug to the correct depth, it is filled with gravel, which will serve as a stable base for the retaining wall blocks. The gravel is then compacted using a plate compactor to create a firm and level foundation. The end of the first day shows the trench filled with compacted gravel, ready for the blocks.

Goal: Dig the retaining wall trench, add and compact gravel base.

Tools and materials

  • Plate Compactor — Compacting the gravel base for the retaining wall
  • Shovels — Digging the trench and moving soil
  • Wheelbarrow — Transporting excavated soil and gravel
  • Gravel — Creating a stable base for the retaining wall

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going to see in today's video you going to see two guys absolutely Step Up and take over every job site has a problem doesn't make a difference what it is the job sites that go well are the ones that you write down on the calendar and you're like can't believe it the job sites that don't go the right way are the ones you just are their status quo we're contractors our job is to handle the problems that we face and the boys today face problems and they absolutely overcome them yeah I'm just going to let the video speak for itself let's just watch the boys work I just want to say I'm really proud of what they accomplish today all right we're done for the day on day one and we got a lot done on day one we got it we got a lot done we didn't really we didn't even get out here until what we really didn't get rolling until 10:30 almost it was almost 11 almost 11 and we're ready for building basically wall tomorrow all will be going in tomorrow yep Sam beat me on concrete chunks yeah mining freaking concrete all right that's the ending of day

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