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Installing a "back-drain using pipe and filter fabric
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Blading the compacted soil surface preparing for a layer
of geogrid
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Spreading soil preparing for it to be compacted
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Spreading newly delivered soil to the wall area
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Geogrid placed around vertical obstructions
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Footing trench being "proof
rolled" or compacted
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Compacting soil with a vibratory sheepsfoot
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Compacting soil with a vibratory sheepsfoot
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Transferring soil for block fill using a front end loader
to fill the soil distribution hopper
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Compacting a slope above a completed wall
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A nearly completed wall behind a shopping center site
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Excavating for the "footing"
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Excavating for the "footing"
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Footing excavation
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Footing layout
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placing the block in the footing excavation.
Note the spaces between the blocks
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The grapple is preparing to grab 4 blocks and place them on the wall.
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The grapple picks up 4 blocks off the pallet
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The grapple is grabbing 4 blocks to be placed on the wall
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The grapple is placing 4 blocks onto the wall
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A front end loader is placing soil onto the grid in areas where obstacles
exist.
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Geogrid has been laid out and another row of blocks are placed on
top
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Master geogrid roll is rolled out in preparation for cutting into
finished pieces
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A leveling pad of soil is placed along the wall alignment in preparation
for block placement
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The newly placed blocks are being aligned by
the laborers
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Construction equipment is moving around the job
site
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The wall is going up, up, up
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Laborers are rod-boarding to smooth the block fill in preparation
of placement of the next row of Verdura blocks
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A scraper is delivering soil to the wall area. The laborer is "cleaning
up" in preparation of the next row of blocks being placed.
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A scraper is delivering soil to the wall area. Note how close the
scraper is to the wall face
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Scrapers delivering soil to the wall
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The side-dump is filling the blocks with soil
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The side-dump is filling the blocks with soil
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Posi-Dura is placed in the blocks
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Posi-Dura tails and Verdura blocks ready to be
filled with soil
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Verdura Block place on the geogrid ready to be
filled with soil
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Compacting the soil immediately behind the wall face
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Moisture conditioning the soil |
Moisture conditioning the soil
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