I'd need to see the borehole logs to understand the conditions in Germany, but piles whether they are timber, concrete, or, steel are normally required for heavy loads in soft soils through skin friction or end bearing capacity, or reaching a competent layer... if one exists. I suspect there is no peat here, just a decently thick sand layer (and maybe some coal deep down
) that provides enough strength and has low compressibility. Not familiar with the German seismic zones, but things are far different out here (I'm working in Vancouver) where we have 8-12m+ peat layers and bad seismic conditions which leads to all sorts of exotic solutions. Just be thankful no pre-loading (Squeezing the water out of lower soil layers with massive quantities of sand/soil) or ground densification is required for these projects as that takes a very long time and there are unfortunately limited solutions available to speed things up. I think the loading for a factory is relatively light compared to the bridges and large embankments I normally work with.
I wish I had the technical ability to add annotations to the video, as it would be a cool feature for folks and it seems like this commentary is useful.
I would expect structural steel to start arriving in a few weeks, and a modular type build-out that allows the various trades to avoid being on top of each other. It was truly amazing to see how Shanghai came together with some many folks in close proximity. Very well organized operation. Does anyone know how closely the proposed design mirrors GF1? Tesla may be able to really crank these factories out if there is more/less a GF template they can apply worldwide.
