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Regrade and Create Swale for Drainage

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Everything was wrong about this jobsite. Every basement in the complex was flooding 4 k vid pt 1/2

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What happens here

After all demolition (trees, patios, stumps) is complete, the final step involves regrading the area around the building. This includes creating a swale (a shallow ditch with gently sloping sides) along the side of the building. The swale will effectively channel rainwater directly towards the street, preventing it from pooling near the foundation and eliminating the wet basement issue. The regrading will involve earthmoving equipment like the ASV RT-75 Posi-Track skid steer to shape the landscape for optimal water flow.

Goal: Establish proper water drainage away from the building's foundation.

Tools and materials

  • ASV RT-75 Posi-Track Skid Steer ASV — Moving earth and shaping the ground to create the swale and establish proper grading
  • Bucket Attachment — For moving and spreading soil during regrading
  • Demolition Grapple Attachment — For final debris removal and ground preparation

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that's pitching all of the water directly into the basements behind them oh I'm gonna have a little a little bit of chainsaw work going on which is my favorite same thing with the grade going down the side here no we're gonna make a little bit of a swale going up along this side send that water straight down towards the street where it needs to be and of course it just started raining so

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