Appreciate the article. I seriously doubt that sprinkling on top prevented a foot deep puddle of concrete from curing, but if it was still liquid it would have helped get the top layer and if they kept sprinkling while removing each layer it may have been helpful enough. Or they’re exaggerating about it being a foot deep, and we’re all know construction workers would never exaggerate a fuck up like this. Article is a bit light on detail of the cleanup process, but it still is clear that sugar was the start of the cleanup.
That’s the photo from the article. Not much concrete on the floor in the picture on the left, but man, it’s all over the place. Maybe it just really splashed around or something? If it wasn’t deep but covered the whole tech, maybe trying to throw sugar at every surface covered in concrete would indeed be the best course of action?
https://theweek.com/uk-news/transport/57039/how-bags-sugar-saved-tube-tide-concrete
They… “sprinkled it on top”? Sounds weird. But still.
Appreciate the article. I seriously doubt that sprinkling on top prevented a foot deep puddle of concrete from curing, but if it was still liquid it would have helped get the top layer and if they kept sprinkling while removing each layer it may have been helpful enough. Or they’re exaggerating about it being a foot deep, and we’re all know construction workers would never exaggerate a fuck up like this. Article is a bit light on detail of the cleanup process, but it still is clear that sugar was the start of the cleanup.
That’s the photo from the article. Not much concrete on the floor in the picture on the left, but man, it’s all over the place. Maybe it just really splashed around or something? If it wasn’t deep but covered the whole tech, maybe trying to throw sugar at every surface covered in concrete would indeed be the best course of action?