Huge Retaining Wall Failure on My Toughest Building Site Ever 

The owners must have literally won Lotto to build that, on that site..

Wife and I looked at this section...... this video re-enforces our decision to not....

Good effort Josh! I hope the land was cheap!

Nice to see someone in construction actually explain what theyre doing.

Awesome stuff. This one definitely needs a cost summary of these different stages. This is not an untypical build for Wellington so it would be great that people have an idea of the actual "hidden" costs that go into builds like this.

Big fan of seeing the whole process of this build, you break it down so nicely 👍

Interesting that the engineering plans for the retaining wall specifically note "Existing Ground no slope" (@ 2:11) however there appears to be a very steep slope in front of the wall (@ 3:35) which will significantly reduce the capacity of the poles. I am surprised the inspecting engineer signed this off given this is noted on the plans.

Looks like a fun project to be on hopefully they got section cheap enough my god that's a lot of earthworks

We have those consents with disappearing and appearing features here in Blenheim.. Amazing what magic happens when a council employee moves into the street.. Keep up the great work!!

well done on the project so far Josh. Looks like a logistical nightmare but you're tanking it.

Great job Josh just love your videos thanks for posting

We are just about to start building on a slope this scares the shite out of me lol😂

Brave project, but that slab will likely stabilize the hill for all the neighbours. They should be thanking you.

Far out that looks expensive!

The land would have to be cheap, because this build is going to cost a fortune. I hope the views are worth it. We have a section in New Plymouth, which sits on old swampy ground. Thankfully we bought it 25 years ago very cheap. There's an old house which we did up and got repiled, but there is enough space for another property, but it has to be compact and multi level. We had Geotech done and they said piles would have to go down 10m to the hardpan. We were going to build a modern Japanese themed townhouse over 3 floors, but the budget was 1M, so we sat on the idea. Now we are thinking of a multi level tiny home as an Air B&B. The plan is a 4.5 x 4.5m footprint over 3 floors with an additional 4th floor loft space. We can build up to 11m with a discretionary 12m maximum height, which means if we built this, it will be a mini skyscraper. The views from the top floor will be very good, but it's going to be interesting to see what an Engineer says. My Wife is an Engineer, but not structural. We might need some steel? Not sure? Maybe fine with 145mm thick studs, braced with ply and colorsteel on the outside. It's not going to be cheap, but it won't cost 1M.

Great work! How did you get around not having a traffic management plan for the concrete trucks and construction work? I had to do a concrete driveway, literally had to block off the whole entire road for a 4 hr pour 🤔

Few hundred k in ground works at least. Intense stuff an stressful build

Keen to know the cost. Looks so expensive D:

Heavens to Betsy. ”Engineered for Africa”? “The rain does not fall on one roof alone.” “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” - Henry Ford “Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been.” - Albert Einstein “Anticipating problems and figuring out how to solve them is actually the opposite of worrying: it’s productive.” - Chris Hadfield

Is that Gary Dalton boring those holes?

why not do the retaining wall with poured concrete/rebar only. The beams seem like a very high cost

Drilled into rock .... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

this does not look cheap. I am pretty sure that ground work will cost a bomb. I thought this look like Oriental parade or some where there is a sea view. I cannot see any. I cannot understand why the owner spend so much money on retaining wall to look at someone's roof top. I was wondering how much would the retaining wall cost? and where is the place?