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>They brought in... some dirt fill; that's it. They're doing soil surcharging, so that's intentional. Don't want the castle sinking into the swamp (it's on 300

>They brought in... some dirt fill; that's it. They're doing soil surcharging, so that's intentional. Don't want the castle sinking into the swamp (it's on 300+ feet of silt[1]). The steps for soil surcharging are: 1. Pile extra dirt on top of your fill. 2. Wait a sufficient amount of time (usually months/years; it's important to wait long enough[2]) as the dirt compresses and squeezes out water. 3. Remove the extra dirt (also important[2]), and build your heavy structure on top. Now the pre-loaded ground underneath won't settle, because it already did that. [1] https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/countdown-to-liftoff/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/countdown-to-liftoff/ [2] http://www.straits-engineers.com/publications_pdf/publication_20.pdf http://www.straits-engineers.com/publications_pdf/publicatio... edit: pictures of the site https://imgur.com/a/0OXkB https://imgur.com/a/0OXkB

teh_klev 9y ago
I didn't know this was a thing. Thanks for enlightening me :)
yardie 9y ago
Thank you. I wasn't aware of that. This has been going on in South Florida for sometime. A dirt lot is filled with soil sometimes 20-30ft high. And then just as mysteriously, a few years later, it disappears. I just assumed this was temporary storage of backfill for a construction project elsewhere.
stcredzero 9y ago
Don't want the castle sinking into the swamp (it's on 300+ feet of silt[1]). "When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. And that one sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that’s what you’re going to get, Son, the strongest castle in all of England."

teh_klev 9y ago

I didn't know this was a thing. Thanks for enlightening me :)

yardie 9y ago

Thank you. I wasn't aware of that. This has been going on in South Florida for sometime. A dirt lot is filled with soil sometimes 20-30ft high. And then just as mysteriously, a few years later, it disappears. I just assumed this was temporary storage of backfill for a construction project elsewhere.

stcredzero 9y ago

Don't want the castle sinking into the swamp (it's on 300+ feet of silt[1]). "When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. And that one sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that’s what you’re going to get, Son, the strongest castle in all of England."