Work on new housing estate

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Work on new housing estate

Post #1 by L.Kezz » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:30 pm

Hey all,
Got home from work earlier and to my surprise there was an excavator in a field behind my house, looks like they're preparing to dig the new sewer lines. Permission was granted a year or so back to cram, literally cram 114 house on such a small field behind my house, well almost my back yard! I've heard they're taking off a meter off the highest slopes on a cut and fill kind of job, the field is so uneven. They maded the entrance to the site this morning. They were unloading a lorry this afternoon, taking of these metal supports you have in deep trenches, can't remember for the life of me what they are called?? Will be able to post pictures of all the progress seeing as I don't have anywhere to travel. Here are some pictures of the job so far!

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The view I have from my bedroom window!

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Re: Work on new housing estate

Post #2 by Joes1989 » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:39 pm

Trench boxes mate!!! Looks like its had a hard life that 240!!! My mother was saying there's going to be 1300 houses on there psl

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Post #3 by L.Kezz » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:03 pm

Ah! Of Course, trench boxes! 1300? definately not mate, it was 130 odd but now it's 114 or something close, people around werew complaining they don't want windows facing their houses so they've had to turn them side on with no windows which has caused fewer houses to be built. It's not such good idea to build on that land, it's very unstable and floods badly in the middle of it, also they will have to pile it or pin it somehow so our house and those on my street, don't slide and end up in the new houses front room!

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Post #4 by BulldozerD11 » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:33 pm

L.Kezz wrote:................It's not such good idea to build on that land, it's very unstable and floods badly in the middle of it, also they will have to pile it or pin it somehow so our house and those on my street, don't slide and end up in the new houses front room!

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Get plenty of before photos of the site and surrounding roads, foot paths, etc as well as adjacent property boundaries and especially your house and garden if they are working close to it for any future damage claims if they are having to put in retaining walls or piles near to your house. Note any existing cracks in paths and Walls etc. ;)


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Post #5 by L.Kezz » Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:54 pm

Thanks for the tip, will get on that in the week mate :thumbup:

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Re: Work on new housing estate

Post #6 by volvoabdn » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:27 am

what a state that 240s in iv seen better demo machines

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Post #7 by L.Kezz » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:41 pm

Since my last post, there's been two more JS240's arrive along with another small dumper and a telehandler, very busy today as they have everything marked out and starting to strip the field, here are some of the pics of the progress. There are a couple of videos on youtube too.

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