{"id":8576,"date":"2014-09-15T14:21:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress72\/?p=26008"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:27","slug":"well-have-to-bear-with-the-thuds-for-a-bit-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2014\/09\/15\/well-have-to-bear-with-the-thuds-for-a-bit-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ll have to bear with the thuds for a bit longer"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve probably noticed: they\u2019re back to driving piles at the EUR campus. Again? Yep, the builders have returned to work on the second section of the car park next to the Hatta Building. In the spring, everyone on campus was also treated to the loud pounding of pile drivers, but as it turns out, this didn\u2019t do the job.<\/p>\n

Building was suspended in March when one of the weekly readings showed that groundwater was substantially higher than previously calculated. This will result in higher pressure levels on the floor and walls of the newly-constructed car park. On their own, the 480 piles that were driven into the ground earlier this year won\u2019t be able to handle the pressure, says Koos van Kalsbeek of Campus under Construction. That\u2019s why workers are back to driving piles at the site \u2013 an additional 200, to be precise.<\/p>\n

Six-month delay<\/b><\/p>\n

The original plan was to take the second part of the car park into use next summer. But as construction has been halted since March, the project is now facing a six-month delay. At present, Van Kalsbeek is unable to say anything about the costs of this extra work, since the University is still conferring with the contractor on the matter.<\/p>\n

It is expected things will quiet down again in October \u2013 the piling will be over in three weeks or so. TF<\/p>\n\n\t

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