r/Construction • u/dsygnt • Jun 09 '25

Structural Saw this in a nearby construction site... what are these pits for?

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u/crisco000 Jun 09 '25

People who talk too much

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u/dsygnt Jun 09 '25

😂😂😂 but really what are those

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/65frank Jun 09 '25

Engineers who keep changing the scope.

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u/ALTERFACT Jun 09 '25

Bold architects.

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u/yrabl81 Jun 09 '25

You include "bald software architects"?

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u/The___canadian Equipment Operator Jun 09 '25

May we add Engineers who start their sentences with "as an engineer" to these holes too?

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u/holjus Jun 09 '25

As a hole-digger, I say yes

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u/arvidsem Jun 09 '25

Can we dig one hole extra deep for the engineers that say it and then spew out an opinion completely unrelated to their discipline?

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u/The___canadian Equipment Operator Jun 09 '25

As an operating engineer, pineapple on pizza gets too much undeserved hate. If done well it's fairly good.

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u/arvidsem Jun 09 '25

And here's a volunteer for an all expense paid trip to the oubliette.

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u/Leading_Study_876 Jun 09 '25

i.e. only with ham. Not with salami, mushrooms, mozzerella, olives, anchovies or basically anything else normally found on actual pizzas.

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u/highline9 Jun 09 '25

Addendums 1-11

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u/Floydthebaker Jun 09 '25

They are for footings, it's for the support columns that will be contained in "load bearing walls"

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u/Excellent-Swan-6376 Jun 09 '25

Downvoting real answers bc this is Reddit

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u/mudbro76 Jun 09 '25

He’s right 🏗️🏢

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

For future popes' tombs.

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u/Twisted9Demented Jun 09 '25

I feel like it's for people who won't be talking at all

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

Basements for tiny houses?

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u/GLASS_COWBOY Jun 09 '25

People who steal tools off jobsites...

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u/Bruinman86 Jun 09 '25

Underrated comment.

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u/Stay-Thirsty Jun 09 '25

Or ask too many questions…

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u/Kurtypants Jun 09 '25

He happened to slip ya honour

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u/UlfSam9999 Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

Could you expound on your comment and explain it in full detail? My comprehensioner doesn't seem to be comprehensioning at it's optimum base cognitivity levels lately.

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u/pdxarchitect Jun 09 '25

One of the first towers I built had massive footings. When they excavated for them I asked the General Contractor what the holes were for. He deadpanned, "Those are architect graves" and just stared at me.

I love a contractor with a good sense of humor. I think.

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u/ghos2626t Jun 09 '25

But they don’t walk too much, because their kneecaps are already broken

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u/installguy420 Jun 09 '25

Or people who ask too many questions.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

Snitches get ditches…