Looks like someone cut right through a buried duct bank, no one did locates or the locates weren’t properly marked. Duct banks are pretty damn easy to find when you get locates done.
I remember the first time I saw this picture. I broke out in a cold sweat. I could just imagine the trouble I would have been in if I was responsible for such a mistake. It really rustled my jimmies.
When I worked as a plumber I went to a job once where a business had a dig company come out and drill a hole ten feet down and six feet wide to install a new sign. They drilled straight through the sewer. It was hilarious. There was a cleanout lined up directly in the middle of the hole but up next to the building. They could have easily had it located.
I’m an engineer and this reminds me of the time I had to go to site because a contractor cut out the wrong section of flooring between two levels in a new highrise. They went right through the pre-tensioned rebar almost condemning the whole building half way through construction.
So they just had a bunch of cables cast in cement?
Oh damn. I was trying to figure out how the carrot got in there with the olives.
Looks like someone cut right through a buried duct bank, no one did locates or the locates weren’t properly marked. Duct banks are pretty damn easy to find when you get locates done.
At first I was like, so they did a sample in a garden? How did those carrots and green beans get i…oh.. oh no.
That day Reddit went down for a while
They found spicy roots. Those cost a lot of money
Someday, one of these with Jimmy Hoffa will pop up on Reddit. Can’t wait.
I thought those were carrots and green beans!
*slaps forehead* Okay, I got it.
Oh…… Oh no….. Someone’s getting fired lol
Looks like a concrete demon chewing on some internet cables.
nightmare fuel
Forbidden sushi.
Time to blame the nearest homeowner and then shut the business down
I count 8 separate conduits on this side. Damn thats an expensive oops.
“The x-ray says there’s metal there, let’s take a sample with a rebar to see how healthy it is”
“Well, sh****”
Ah yes, the distinct layer of the Conditus Filum Period.
Easy, just slot it back into place and line it up. Then pat down the seam and youre good.
I can feel the collective eye twitch of [/r/fiberoptics](https://www.reddit.com/r/FiberOptics).
Expensive core sample there!
ancient people used electricity! i knew it lol
Wow, I count 8. Not bad. Not bad at all.
I remember the first time I saw this picture. I broke out in a cold sweat. I could just imagine the trouble I would have been in if I was responsible for such a mistake. It really rustled my jimmies.
First thought was how did they find carrots and celery 😂
“Remember those wires we couldn’t find? Well the good news is we found them…..”
“What do you mean you didn’t get my txt”
“Think of it like a two-fer, boss. We got the core sample AND we did the tag and locate on the utilities at the same time.”
What am I looking at? And what caused this?
Well that explains why my internet has been shit lately
Well you see there’s a number to call before you dig but we don’t have a number to call before taking a core sample.
Wire you doing that?
My IT department is in this picture and I don’t like it.
When I worked as a plumber I went to a job once where a business had a dig company come out and drill a hole ten feet down and six feet wide to install a new sign. They drilled straight through the sewer. It was hilarious. There was a cleanout lined up directly in the middle of the hole but up next to the building. They could have easily had it located.
so what am i looking at here
So videos of people repairing holes with vegetables was true afterall
As soon as I saw this I heard that song in my head “Oh no! Oh no! Oh no, no, no, no, no, no!”
I’m an engineer and this reminds me of the time I had to go to site because a contractor cut out the wrong section of flooring between two levels in a new highrise. They went right through the pre-tensioned rebar almost condemning the whole building half way through construction.
Oh. Oh no.
Call before you dig/drill?
At first I was like, so they did a sample in a garden? How did those carrots and green beans get i…oh.. oh no.
This is why we did X-rays before drilling holes in a parking lot building.
Also known as a backhoe termination.
Dial before you dig