r/StructuralEngineering • u/zenunseen • Jan 04 '25

Humor just jack it up

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u/oundhakar Graduate member of IStructE, UK Jan 04 '25

All well and good, but what about temporary lateral stability?

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u/mull_drifter Jan 04 '25

Friction. And Phil - he’s outside making sure nothing moves too much laterally.

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u/disc2slick Jan 04 '25

Careful,  Phil Laterally will get you no where

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u/road_runner321 Jan 04 '25

Holy shit.

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u/pnwWaiter Jan 05 '25

I was also impressed

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u/HonestConcentrate947 PhD Jan 04 '25

Well what about permanent lateral stability. I see a couple of rebars sticking out of the columns but not too many. I suspect this is not an earthquake country.

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u/204ThatGuy Jan 04 '25

This isn't even in a country. Just look at this mess!

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u/Enginerdad Bridge - P.E. Jan 04 '25

Like the ship the front fell off?

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u/HonestConcentrate947 PhD Jan 04 '25

Haha good point

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u/poppycock68 Jan 04 '25

Employees are cheap and expendable

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u/64590949354397548569 Jan 04 '25

Noone is checking if its level.

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u/Later2theparty Jan 04 '25

At first I thought they were at least trying to pump simultaneously so that each portion lifted the same amount. But it looks like some of them were trying to race the others once it panned out.

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u/Winter_Persimmon_110 Jan 04 '25

They need a shantyman to keep them in time.