United Lock-Block arch construction

[stephane171969]

fantastique

[roundaboutwrongway]

Amazing!

[firedathan]

In the year 3000 people will find this and say "early man couldnt have biult this on their own they must have had aliens show them how or do it for them".

[Mojave706]

lego's for real men..

[fightapathy416]

Cool vault construction. Have you attempted a dome?

[unitedlockblock]

@fightapathy416 No we have not, but it is completely feasible

[rokedemiah]

Some one stole the Jolly green giants Lego's. I bet he wants them back!

[woodyscr]

Now thats mans Lego

[dustindswan]

I really want to make my house out of these.

[breezebro]

Watch your fingers!

[goucv]

reminds me of building with lego.

[cem7832]

Good job

[enlightenment2u]

what are they building? a bank vault?

[unitedlockblock]

@enlightenment2u We made an underground water settling pond with 3 chambers. The entire thing was then paved over.

[sain0777]

What kind of equipment would be needed to make walls at 20 feet high?

[Fraggle24]

@sain0777 a crane

[sain0777]

How well would these stand on their own say 20 feet high.

[unitedlockblock]

@sain0777 No problem, but you would still have to have an engineer run through the design to be sure.

[unitedlockblock]

@MillyVanillification Only for this method of construction. You can also make a mold of the arch underneath to support the blocks. That's what the Romans did.

[awwwsnaps]

so you guys just use the weight of the blocks to hold the rest of the archway in place?

[unitedlockblock]

@awwwsnaps

Indeed it's a classic roman arch. The internal steel cables that run through it are merely for safety during construction and to make it easier.

[unitedlockblock]

@SuperNorthAmerica They're concrete without rebar. Since the entire arch is in compression, there's no need for reinforcement.

[csiegert83]

what were you guys making?

[unitedlockblock]

We made an underground water settling pond with 3 chambers. The entire thing was then paved over.