Reinforcing a cliff face - GIF

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Jul 25, 2020, 08:27 PM
Altair

Reinforcing a cliff face - GIF

Reinforcing a cliff face in Chongquing, China.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...488#post147073
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...937#post140629
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...471#post122631
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...222#post103645
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...733#post128961
Jul 27, 2020, 06:48 PM
McDesign

That's just nuts - incredible labor and danger and cost; what for?

Forrest in Atlanta
Jul 27, 2020, 06:53 PM
Karl_H

Quote:

Originally Posted by McDesign

That's just nuts - incredible labor and danger and cost; what for?

To guarantee high ground when the dams collapse?
Jul 27, 2020, 07:20 PM
Duke_of_URL

The landslides from such cliffs are contributing to the flooding and eventual failure of the Three Gorges Dam.
This effort is a fools' errand, since nothing will prevent hydrologic pressure from underground plus the earthquakes from forcing landslides.
Jul 27, 2020, 07:37 PM
Elizabeth Greene

Quote:

Originally Posted by McDesign

That's just nuts - incredible labor and danger and cost; what for?

Landslides can cause massive waves, like tidal waves but amplified to be much worse by the valleys downstream from the dam. I believe they are trying to prevent that. There is a fictional movie about this type of failure on Netflix called The Wave.
Jul 27, 2020, 07:51 PM
Ralphxyz

That has to be the most scaffolding on one job site I have seen.
Jul 28, 2020, 12:19 AM
jdurand

3 Gorges reservoir is 375 miles long and about 600 feet deep at the dam. How long would that even take to drain all that water?
Jul 28, 2020, 12:40 AM
lowracer

Why not demolish it and drive it away. long term solution(although expensive), but no future maintenance or risk
Aug 1, 2020, 05:46 PM
nova_robotics

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

That has to be the most scaffolding on one job site I have seen.

Yup. Same. To the point where I'm not entirely convinced it isn't CGI.
Aug 1, 2020, 05:46 PM
Dragonhand

The mind boggles, It would take half the day just to get to the top. They must be living and sleeping on the job.
Aug 2, 2020, 05:20 AM
Tooler2

Not a job for me thank you.