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Re:Cement's future could be a combination of Carbon Capture ... by dylan604 on Thursday June 15, 2023 @12:52PM (#36343334)
>And it's way faster since you don't spend months preparing a site and building forms.

What size house are you building that it takes months preparing a site to build foundations? Sub 2000sqft houses are built to completion in 90-120 days if weather doesn't delay things. It only takes a couple of weeks from clearing the site, digging the trenches, lining the moisture barrier, laying the rebar and forms, then pouring the cement. The formulas today cure very quickly. From the day of the pour to the start of framing is practically the blink of an eye

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Re:Cement's future could be a combination of Carbon Capture ... by theluketaylor on Thursday June 15, 2023 @01:25PM (#36343824)
Here in Canada it’s extremely common for ground works for a new subdivision to take over a year.

Individual houses can be done in a much shorter time, but digging a basement, setting all the forms, pouring the concrete, waterproofing the walls, underpinning the water management, and then back filling back to grade is not a quick process.

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Re:Cement's future could be a combination of Carbon Capture ... by dylan604 on Thursday June 15, 2023 @02:13PM (#36344449)
You're comparing the time it takes a developer to clear the entire development to the time it takes to build a single house. These are not the same thing. That's comparing apples and oranges. Comparing the time for a house with no basement to one with a basement is comparing a granny smith to a red delicious.
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Re:Cement's future could be a combination of Carbon Capture ... by theluketaylor on Thursday June 15, 2023 @04:24PM (#36346008)
Even a single house worth of ground works is 30-60 days pretty easily.
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Re:Cement's future could be a combination of Carbon Capture ... by dylan604 on Thursday June 15, 2023 @09:46PM (#36349892)
That's about as fast as maple syrup. The ground around here never gets that cold, and basements are not a thing at all. So your 60 days is about 45 days behind schedule! Your sub-contractors are bilking the contractor ;-)
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