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Category Archives: Foundation
Foundation pier and landing gear scaling
Just looked back at an insightful reader comment from Darth Humorous from April 2010 about the difference in scale from the 80 foot set blueprints vs. the current 114 foot full size dimension: “The plans for the landing gear are … Continue reading
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Concrete forms
Re-usable plywood forms are done and ready to be put in place for the foundation footers for the workshop. Some photos are here.
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Container workshop foundation and basement excavation continues
Planning on having a basement under each container stack with a floor-to-ceiling height of 8 feet. There will be concrete foundation footers poured, then 8 inch block walls built up for the containers to sit on. Heavy rebar will be … Continue reading
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Shipping container foundation dig
Pictures from the first two days of excavation for the concrete foundations for the shipping container workshop are here.
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Exterior project components
I’ve identified these exterior project components: Armaments Dish antenna Foundation Landing gear Structural steel framing Ramp Lighting Outer hull and plating Weatherproofing Paint and weathering Rough-in Each of these will likely have several sub-projects associated with them.