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Author:  oceanicitl [ Tue Nov 15, 2016 4:48 pm ]
Post subject:  30m sink hold fixed in days
Japan fixes massive sinkhole

I won't mention our potholes... ops! :lol:
Author:  timark_uk [ Tue Nov 15, 2016 6:01 pm ]
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It was hardly environmentally friendly way of dealing with the problem, was it?
Oohh massive hole!
Fill it with concrete!

Mark
Author:  steve74 [ Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:13 pm ]
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It took one year to fix the sink hole on The Mancunian Way (A56) road in Manchester. ONE. YEAR!!

At least China got things moving again quickly, we could learn a few things from them - in this country we close the road for 3 weeks, employ a team of structural engineers to take measurements and stand around for weeks on end inspecting the hole then 9 months of a contraflow in place with a 30mph limit. And it costs millions.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Wed Nov 16, 2016 8:56 am ]
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timark_uk wrote:
It was hardly environmentally friendly way of dealing with the problem, was it?
Oohh massive hole!
Fill it with concrete!

Mark

No, not terribly environmentally friendly but if the hole is endangering buildings on either side the options become somewhat more limited. How much more of a mess would it have been if they'd had to demolish the surrounding buildings because their foundations had become unstable (in a major earthquake zone)?
Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:23 am ]
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steve74 wrote:
It took one year to fix the sink hole on The Mancunian Way (A56) road in Manchester. ONE. YEAR!!

At least China got things moving again quickly, we could learn a few things from them - in this country we close the road for 3 weeks, employ a team of structural engineers to take measurements and stand around for weeks on end inspecting the hole then 9 months of a contraflow in place with a 30mph limit. And it costs millions.


China? It was Japan lol

timark_uk wrote:
It was hardly environmentally friendly way of dealing with the problem, was it?
Oohh massive hole!
Fill it with concrete!

Mark


Since when has Japan been environmentally friendly?
Author:  davrosG5 [ Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:17 am ]
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oceanicitl wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
It was hardly environmentally friendly way of dealing with the problem, was it?
Oohh massive hole!
Fill it with concrete!

Mark


Since when has Japan been environmentally friendly?


Most of their electricity generation is low carbon for starters, okay it nuclear and as everyone is well aware that has other issues but causing global warming isn't one of them. I believe they're quite keen on electric vehicles and their public transport network is very efficient as well.
Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:48 am ]
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davrosG5 wrote:

Most of their electricity generation is low carbon for starters, okay it nuclear and as everyone is well aware that has other issues but causing global warming isn't one of them. I believe they're quite keen on electric vehicles and their public transport network is very efficient as well.


That may well be but they haven't made the top 30 countries in recent years and let's not mention Fukushima.

Anyway they filled a hole in a couple of days!
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:51 am ]
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exactly - and how else would you do it - concrete seems the simplest way
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