Construction Stakes for Coral
We have been asked to (but not awarded) stake some items on a coral atoll. There will be RPs in areas with crushed coral over coral (I don’t know how deep the crushed coral is) as well as exposed coral. There may be some dirt (but I think that it’s relatively thin) covering…. you guessed it… coral.
I searched the site for info on this and didn’t come up with anything helpful (lots of info on coral snakes and the Coral Sea.)
Doesn’t seem like the standard RPs I’m used to: hubs, rebar, PK nails/mag nails, spikes (even chiseled “X”s) will work well when there’s 6” of crushed coral on top of coral.
Can you set a 3″ magnail at a specified location in coral or does the coral crumble and the nail moves around?
How do you mark the RP? – lath won’t work – you can write the c/f rp dist on the flagging but that requires the end user to pick up the flagging to read – not very efficient.
For those that work in these environs – what do you set for RPs with this type of “ground”? I’m looking for quick, stable, and controllable (cheap is not nearly as important).
Thanks…
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