Shoring the ditch…

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Work that began last month continues today.

New 4” and 2” natural gas pipelines need to connect 6 feet below grade … under our lawn.

Existing fiber optic cable. The yellow ball is a device that enables the utility to find the buried cable’s location from above ground.
(Above) The arrow points to an existing water valve that goes even deeper than the new gas line!
These guys need to fit the shoring box in between the existing utilities!
Success!

The shoring is in-place between the existing constraints enabling the fellow to safely enter the ditch to make the new natural gas pipeline connection (2” to 4”).

But… the weather turned on them!

Nasty thunder showers and damaging winds were just being predicted… and the reports were confirmed on weather radar.

A “Stop Work” order was issued!

Before the pipe connection could be made, they had to pull the shoring box out and fill the hole in before the rain hit.

Safety First

They could not leave the hole overnight or through the extreme weather event.

So they will have to start over from scratch tomorrow morning.

Right on queue, the extreme weather hit. The hole was filled, but equipment could not be loaded iff the street in time. Here you can see my new rainwater collection system being overrun!

The worksite is in the background.

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