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forcebwithu Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Easy R-Con open sewer concrete forms going in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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john luke Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 The Dorian Fruit Festival is being held on the frontage of Central Festival today and over the next few days. In practice is is little more than an open air market selling dorian and other fruits. I have never tried the fruit. I am told it tastes great and smells awful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Easy R-Con, slow going open sewer project. They are certainly taking their sweet time completing this project. On the 14th I snapped a pic of concrete forms going in on the rear half. Yesterday I noticed a cement truck on site, so a little more than a week to get around to the cement pour. Today, not exactly a beehive of activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Easy R-Con open sewer, never ending project update. Concrete forms going in, so probably another week before they get around to pouring concrete. On a side note: Grabbed a bite to eat at Easy R-Con yesterday evening when I heard the pumps kick in. Short time later I was getting good whiffs of the stench from the open sewer. Enough so I had to move to the far side of the bar for fresh air. Over on 2nd Rd we see typical Thai lack of forethought at work. The trench that was dug to bury the overhead cables was filled in, then cemented over. But now they're back, breaking up the concrete cover to gain access to something they forgot to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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how24111 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Great set of photos, Thanks !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) On 5/29/2019 at 12:55 PM, forcebwithu said: Easy R-Con open sewer, never ending project update. Concrete forms going in, so probably another week before they get around to pouring concrete. One day short of a week since they had the forms in and the concrete truck shows up. To my uneducated eye it seems odd they would start the concrete pour at the end of the form rather than in the middle. Not easy to see in the pic below but there's a "hill" in the concrete about a 1/3 of the way down which is preventing the new concrete from flowing to the farthest end. Wonder if any of the workers will notice before they send the truck away. I'm also wondering what they hope to accomplish with this project, other than lining someone's pocket. It's basically a big box with a storm water drain entering at one end, but no discernable outflow at the other end. If they intend to install a pump, where are they going to pump the water to? Edited June 4, 2019 by forcebwithu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forcebwithu Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 4 hours ago, john luke said: LOL, great job on changing the color of her dress and the the background as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, forcebwithu said: LOL, great job on changing the color of her dress and the the background as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Another update for the Easy R-Con open sewer project. I couldn't see it when the forms were in place, but there are outflows from the concrete box. Best guess now is the box is going to serve as a settling area for all the muck that gets washed down from farther upstream. Easier to clean the muck out in one place rather than the length of the storm sewers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 8 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Another update for the Easy R-Con open sewer project. I couldn't see it when the forms were in place, but there are outflows from the concrete box. Best guess now is the box is going to serve as a settling area for all the muck that gets washed down from farther upstream. Easier to clean the muck out in one place rather than the length of the storm sewers. I suppose it makes sense putting whatever it’s meant to be at the end of the Soi. At least it makes for easier access to the shite carts or sewer flushing machines. Not sure they’ve got their levels right, if that sump is meant to eventually be below street level when they’ve finished. Difficult to tell at this stage, but that applies to most construction work in Thailand. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 8 hours ago, KhunDon said: I suppose it makes sense putting whatever it’s meant to be at the end of the Soi. At least it makes for easier access to the shite carts or sewer flushing machines. Not sure they’ve got their levels right, if that sump is meant to eventually be below street level when they’ve finished. Difficult to tell at this stage, but that applies to most construction work in Thailand. 🤔 A BM on another forum made the same comment about the height of the box. I was at Easy R-Con last night so snapped another pic from the other end. Once they put the cap on the box and bring the road grade up to that level, the new top of the road is going to be higher than the base of the shop on the right. It'll be interesting to see the finished product and its impact on the surrounding businesses after the first heavy rain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Thanks mate, I thought my ancient eyes were playing tricks on me. 😟 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Historic - from last years International Firework Festival at Pattaya. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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