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September 9, 2026 · 1 min read

Setting 90 tons of equipment on foundations beating concrete specs

Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager

Time Travelling Duck hopes you have a pleasantly surreal and soothing morning.

Meanwhile, in real life at work today, we have 90 tons of equipment to set in place via a crane onto new concrete foundations, which successfully exceeded the proprietary concrete break test results after the 28 day curing period.

Concrete design strength was 4,000 psi, and the average strength well exceeded that.

FROM THE THREAD

Tom's notes 8

  1. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Mark Dougherty

    thanks. The crane has been adding counterweights for the last couple hours.
    The longest stretch for the lifts will be around 100 feet, and up and over multiple levels of piping infrastructure.

  2. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Mark Dougherty

    1st one in place just now on top of foundation.

  3. Tom Kirkman

    Thanks Cliff Saunders, so far so good : )

  4. Tom Kirkman

    Moving #2 with crane

  5. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Radim Cimprich

    *awesome* picture !

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