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Varmintmist

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Bad Bob

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Engineering fail. Construction did with what they had. Thats why you use anchors and drill after the post is in place.
As an early 20s guy one of my off season jobs was on a concrete crew on the Trans Alaska Pipeline. Pouring the foundations for the pump stations was a massive and precise project. Heard later that the in floor plumbing and securing points in one were off thanks to Engineering. Dynamite and a do over were the final solution.

Never have so many, done so little, and made so much.
 

Varmintmist

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Repeat after me.....

Place, Mark, Drill.

This is the contractor forgetting that little phrase.
This is the engineer ordering the plate anchor to the outside dimensions of the pole base not to match the hole pattern and the contractor concreting it in place before the pole is delivered as per written spec.
Been here before.
The threaded parts are galvanized like a "in concrete pre pour" anchor. Drilled anchors are hardened steel.
 

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