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Under Ground Wine Cellar
and Basement
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project consists of four individual buildings located on five acres
at the corner of highway 111 and Washington, undisputedly the most
heavily traveled intersection in the Palm Springs area. In addition
to the above ground tridipanel walls, a subterranean wine cellar approximately
2000Sq. Ft. below finished floor was added to LG's steak house, one
of the spaces occupying the center. Per Rod Murphy of G.J. Murphy
Construction, this addition was requested after all of the exterior
walls were in place causing a monumental structural problem in excavation
the required cavity to house the added wine structure" Ted Anvick,
structural engineer for the project, solved the problem. Anvick's
solution was simple and a great money saver over conventional excavation
methods per Murphy. A tridipanel barrel 50 Feet in diameter and 18
feet high was build in place at grade level precisely above the proposed
location of the wine cellar. Then a track hoe, a large dirt excavator,
sat outside of the barrel reached over the top and removed the interior
earth causing the barrel to settle down into the earth to its proper
depth. No other shoring other then the barrel wall was required to
hold back the surrounding earth. Per Murphy actual construction time
to complete the subterranean placement of the wine cellar, seven working
days. "This could have easily taken a month and three times the
cost to complete using conventional construction methods", says
Murphy. |
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Please
note in this photo how far above the ground level this radius sets.
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Photo
of radius wine cellar being built with Tridi Panels, please note
the use of no footings, which where poured after it was lowered
into the ground! |
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Pease
note the scafold inside of wine cellar. This gives a realistic view
of acual size. |
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Spraying
cement or shotcrete. |
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Applying
cement to wine cellar. |
Telephone (760) 643-2303, Fax (760) 295-9828 or E-Mail
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