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Dramatic Retaining Wall Failure

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EireChch

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Jul 25, 2012
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As with all these types of failures...more information is needed but it still makes for an interesting discussion


 
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The workers at least seemed to know that it was about to fail and got everybody and everything out of the way and safe.

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JRB - yes true..although I thought the excavator left it tight. The debri lands at the point where he turned up the hill.
 
Could dig himself out, right? :)

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