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Storm Sewer Repair and Safety Protocols

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How NOT to help trees guys. (while building a retaining wall)

What happens here

The unmarked storm sewer pipe encountered earlier is addressed. The crew determines that the 1992-installed pipe was likely a private utility that was never properly marked. Since it runs directly through the path of the retaining wall, the team discusses solutions. They decide to bridge over the pipe with the retaining wall rock and blocks. This demonstrates problem-solving in the face of unexpected underground infrastructure, where adapting the construction plan is necessary to avoid damaging existing utilities.

Goal: Address and integrate the unmarked storm sewer into the retaining wall design.

Tools and materials

  • Gravel — Backfill over and around the pipe
  • Retaining Wall Blocks — Building the wall structure over the pipe

What they say

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it we had the wind coming this way and this way right at us so we hooked up some chains real quick with the Kabota the one machine I didn't want to use we're going to use this but the one machine we can actually B to lose hooked up the hooked up the chains two sections of chain and just about a 2T two short a foot and a half and the very top of the tree came down and clipped the there was an open window and it just clipped that window and shattered it 2500 bucks $2,500 that we're going to ask $2,500 purchase we saved the playground and those guys and the guys standing behind it when the wind picked up yep yeah that wasn't a lot of thinking in that situation it was just get it down window can be fixed at least people can't be replaced yeah but still we could have broke a dirt monkey machine in Stand yeah yeah not not all these other trees there was all these other trees on the hill and it's the last the last tree I would have rather see my truck get a window broken than that machine get a window I didn't want to have anything happen to that machine that was just a that thing's quicker than sitting under there with the Deo at the time CU it was I don't even think the Deo would have got over there in time before it fell over no I was starting to blow on those guys and they were all back there holding it up I should have shut the window before and then that tree probably would have just grazed right down yeah it would have missed it it's it's just cuz it was on that back angle and it was sticking out I didn't think the window was open I just jumped in and went yeah you should have done with your truck then you could have got in a whole new box I know that's not how that works I would have been dealing with an even more Den box this Branch it was that Branch right there look at that little bit right here it just barely it wasn't much that touched it

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