Today I received the photos of the foundation my team has laid for the wind pump tower. They have followed exactly the instruction diagrams and PPT that had been sent earlier and the explanation given over the phone. But....
The template was kept upside down. Bolts immersed in 3 feet concrete. Concrete is curing already. This was completely unexpected. Notice the triangular shaped frame in the picture. That is the template which will position the bolts in appropriate positions. Now that the template is placed upside down, the angle brackets will have holes juxtaposed. This is not a serious mistake, but the tower welders should know that. Otherwise during installation there will be a big challenge.
Now I need to communicate all these to ABS, which is underway. Like Chinese whisper, I wrote something and ABS thought something else and they wrote me back saying template is only for temporary use and don't fix it permanently. This is fun unlimited.
Why this mistake happened ? Because the original instruction diagram (given below) was so complex like Leonardo da Vinci's helicopter model, we were concentrating on measurements and trying to differentiate arrows from angle brackets.
Will you like your dog with its back up or lying on its back with legs up ? My mason thought the template will look more beautiful this way and fixed it.
The template was kept upside down. Bolts immersed in 3 feet concrete. Concrete is curing already. This was completely unexpected. Notice the triangular shaped frame in the picture. That is the template which will position the bolts in appropriate positions. Now that the template is placed upside down, the angle brackets will have holes juxtaposed. This is not a serious mistake, but the tower welders should know that. Otherwise during installation there will be a big challenge.
Now I need to communicate all these to ABS, which is underway. Like Chinese whisper, I wrote something and ABS thought something else and they wrote me back saying template is only for temporary use and don't fix it permanently. This is fun unlimited.
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| Foundation bolts fixed in concrete with template |
Will you like your dog with its back up or lying on its back with legs up ? My mason thought the template will look more beautiful this way and fixed it.
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| Template design |
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