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being a builder i can tell you another reason why they made him stop what ever the &^%$ he was doing 60 feet down.
other than the fact that you have safety issues to do with his workers, you also have safety issues to do with the public.
for example:
1) if he was digging his front yeard was his front yard fenced in from the public. if he had visitors or intruders and they fell in, did he have safety measures in place to prevent injuries
2) did he take into consideration the type of soil he was digging? obviously if he dug out a 60 foot hole in 10 days without machinery he is obviously not digging into rock or hard shale, but rather into clay or some softer soils. usually clays are susceptible to major shrinkage and expansion when it becomes wet, thus weakening the sides of the walls. you can obvioulsy dig deeper in rock without supporting the sides of the excavation, but its a lot less with clay or sand for obvious reasons.
3) did he take into consideration how close he was digging to the neighbours? for example, seeing that he was digging into a clay substrate, the soil would be quite weak. now assuming the building next door is only 10m away, according to the law called the 'zone of influence', you could only dig a 10m hole without supporting the building next door. basically the zone of influence works at a 45 degree angle from the bottom of the neighbours footing and goes out. once the excavation on this guys propery hits that 45 degree line called the 'zone of influence' he will need to support that building next door. if there is heavy rain and the building next door 'slips' (even a tiny amount) causing cracking, then the guy is up for damages to neighbouring property. and seeing that he hasnt got a permit, he obviously doesnt have public liability insurance, which means that if shit hits the prverbial, he's either selling whatever he owns or he's in jail.
sorry for the rant, but people should never be allowed to be doing this sort of shit without some sort of advice from some proffesional person. most people would be glad to give free proffesional advice.
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