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Mounting a larger sculpture

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From: Erik Stainsby <stainsby@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 20:54:27 -0700
Subject: Mounting a larger sculpture

Carl,

The real question is what the ground is like where these
pieces will be mounted. If the pad can be arranged to
reach hard-pan, bedrock or the like, less of a skirt
about the base is needed. The poorer the ground
density, the higher the rainfall/erosion, etc., the more
widely you will need to spread the load to keep it from
requiring repositioning.

These are questions best addressed by a regionally
informed foundations and form-work tradesperson than by
folks spread across the globe who will be guessing
blind. 8^)

At least being east of the Great Divide, you don't have
to contend with earthquake measures as we do here on the
West Coast! Good luck, and a report of your eventual
findings would be most welcomed.

- Erik Stainsby,
Vancouver, BC

At 20:06 17/08/01 -0700, Carl & Jody Wright wrote:

Quoted text begins. I have been told by people that work with concrete all day that a block
that is 4' x 4' x 15" tall is all I need. That sounds woefully
inadequate. I would think that would tip over. If they tip over then
the rigging company has to come back and charge me again which I would
rather avoid.
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