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Another serendipidous encounter

25th May 2012

I thought I'd share some photos of a project we're designing. I can't give the location or project specifics, but as you can see, tunnel construction is underway when a void is encountered...

Photo 1 5/12

Take another look at the muckpile.

Here's a shot looking into the void...

Photo 3 5/12

and another shot of one of the plates--some of the calcites are beat up pretty bad...

Photo 4 5/12

Well, that hole is going to take a lot of concrete backfill... What a shame!

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