First, the answer to Vol. 34 (last week).
The “biggies” here are the forks resting on the geomembrane roll (which I don’t suggest as best practices) and all the unseamed geomembrane with a lack of ballast. The liner crew exudes a bit too much confident (that’s what we’ll call it) in the weather forecast – they are gone for lunch and luckily, they will return to all the geomembrane still being there!
Some other observations include a piece of welding equipment that is not on a rub sheet, general housekeeping items such as scraps of geomembrane lying unballasted, and the wheel standing up and left behind at lunch. I know it is not ours because of the size. And I never stand them up because they either get blown over or knocked down and as CQA, I don’t want to be responsible for any damage to the geomembrane, which I’ve seen happen from wheels falling.
The crew does have the roll number transferred to the edge of the geomembrane! As for the skid-steer comment, it handles the geomembrane just fine usually.
In these blog posts, Do You See What Glen Sees, I will present a photograph or short video related to earthwork or geosynthetics construction and have you identify the significance of what you’re seeing.
It could be things being done correctly or incorrectly. Primarily, these will be things that impact quality.
In addition to my blog, I’ll post this content on X and LinkedIn. You can post your response on one of those two.
I’ll give you my thoughts on each photo or video when I post the next installment.
Do you see what I see? Or did you find something I missed? I’m excited to find out!
Here is the next installment. Take a good look. Do You See What Glen Sees?
Thank you for joining me for the 35th installation of ‘Do You See What Glen Sees?’ (pun intended)!
Tie-ins to existing landfill cells are always difficult for a host of reasons. At least there is room to work, which should increase the chances for good quality welding! How successful do you think this tie-in is going to end up? Why?
I am eager to hear your thoughts and observations!
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