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Site Preparation and New Retaining Wall Construction

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Competing against Lowball sh❌tty Contractors

What happens here

With the old retaining wall and flagpole completely removed, the site is now leveled and cleared. The ground is prepared for the new retaining wall. The video shows workers beginning to install new, gray retaining wall blocks, demonstrating the first steps of constructing a properly engineered and structurally sound wall. This marks the transition from demolition to rebuilding with adherence to correct engineering standards.

Goal: Prepare the site and begin building a new, properly engineered retaining wall.

Tools and materials

  • Gray Retaining Wall Blocks — Building the new retaining wall
  • Laser Level CST Berger — Ensuring proper grading and level for the new wall
  • Shovels — Adjusting ground level
  • Tape Measure — Measuring and confirming dimensions during construction

What they say

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lot wanted it on the grass going to roll right down that Hill if you [Music] problem we got the pole not so much the end kind of uh what you call it a steel plate or something plate right there yeah the whole thing is just deteriorated inside there it's just you can see how loose it is they want it out I was just thinking about I know yeah P got a little scratched and lost the end of it but I think that's pretty reasonable for bringing it down without damaging too much have you guys ever gotten beat out on a bed and then went to the actual and found out what your competition was doing and you just tell me your story I want to hear your story I mean it happens in commercial construction as well I mean we are required to build to a certain set of standards and those standards are not being met even here you can see in this video they're not meeting those standards but I went out to a project in inber Grove Heights at a college and this was a massive massive retaining wall and it wasn't even one season the wall was already splitting and you could look between the cracks of the retaining wall and see that the contractor that built this 14t tall retaining wall that was hundreds of feet long used PE gravel I can't make this up so the thing is if they're cutting Corners there where else are they cutting corners and the thing is is don't do that because if that wall ever fails as soon as it's found out that you didn't Build That Wall the right way you were liable it doesn't make a difference if it's one year or 5 years or 10 years doesn't make a difference if it's past your warranty as a contractor you are required to build things the right way so these guys that are lowballing us and beating us on these bids and cutting these Corners well they're not going to be around when the phone call comes in hey what did you do so tell me your story if you've ever gone up against one of those guys what have you seen other guys doing out there that beat you on a bid let me know in the comments below but that's going to call it for this video hope you guys enjoyed going along for the ride I enjoyed taking you along for it but we're not done on this project we got a couple more of these coming down the pipeline before we wrap this project up and right now we are working on a phenomenal project I don't want to give too much away but this is really cool I just was out to the site the other day checking it out and the boys are putting so it's a work of art this is more…

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