Chapter 111 Persistence
Tao Shouxin stood up.
"I suspect there is a weak soil layer to the east of the plot, running through the entire plot from south to north. I have communicated with Dean Wang and asked the survey team to add two more drilling sites."
Fan Yajun frowned and looked at Tao Shouxin: "Professor Tao, why don't I know about this?"
Tao Shouxin exclaimed, "I came to see you last Thursday. You were not in the hospital at that time, so I went directly to the dean's office. Dean Wang said he would inform you, but the drilling machine is not in Jiangcheng at the moment, so you have to wait for a while. Why didn't the dean tell you?"
Fan Yajun said: "No."
She acted quickly and stood up and walked out, pushing open the door of the conference room: "I'll go ask."
A few minutes later, Fan Yajun returned to the conference room and said unhappily, "President Wang is on a business trip. He probably forgot about this. What a shame!"
Tao Shouxin was a little anxious: "On a business trip? Forgot? What about our structural design?"
The foundation condition determines the foundation design. The existence of weak foundation soil will definitely affect various data. It is a matter that affects the entire body. Why doesn't the dean pay attention to it?
Tao Nanfeng couldn't understand.
"Mr. Fan, are you looking for me?" Someone pushed the door open.
Fan Yajun waved him to sit down: "Shaodong, you are the person in charge of the survey team, you can tell us."
Shao Dong put a geological survey report on the table: "The report is out. The terrain of the plot is flat and no adverse geological phenomena have been found. The first layer is miscellaneous fill soil with loose structure and uneven soil quality. It is strictly forbidden to use it as a bearing layer. The second layer is clay soil with a large burial depth and a foundation bearing capacity of 130kpa..."
Tao Nanfeng stood behind his father, listening to Shao Dong's brief report while carefully looking at the pages of the report in his father's hand.
The geological survey report is very thick and very professional, with a plan of the exploration points, a cross-section of the engineering geological survey, a standard penetration test histogram, and a soil analysis test report attached to it...
As I read it, I thought to myself, no wonder it took the geological survey team so long to produce the report, there is indeed a lot of work to do.
According to the report of the survey team, the bearing layer is a clay layer, which can reach 180kpa after strong compaction.
After listening to Shaodong's report, Fan Yajun said to him, "Did Dean Wang inform you that you need to add two more drilling positions?"
Shaodong laughed and opened the plan layout of the exploration points attached to the report.
"President Wang told me, but Mr. Fan, for such a small plot of land, the distance between our exploration points is 20 meters, and the depth of the exploration holes is 8 to 12 meters. It is scientific and reasonable. Why do we need to add more exploration holes? Oh! I am really impressed by you."
Tao Shouxin pointed at the drawing he had opened and drew a line on the right side of it with his finger.
"Here, there is a weak soil layer that runs through the land. It is estimated to be three meters wide, which is right in the blind spot of your exploration hole."
Shao Dong looked at Tao Shouxin with a hint of teasing in his eyes: "Could it be that Professor Tao has X-ray vision? You know the underground conditions so well! You can even estimate the width of three meters. What's the use of us in the exploration team? Why don't you just come and take a look?"
Tao Shouxin frowned: "I am just judging based on experience, and I cannot give a scientific explanation. So I need your help to take samples for verification."
Fan Yajun looked at Tao Shouxin with a strange look.
It was Tao Nanfeng who raised the issue of the weak soil layer on the spot, but I did not take it seriously at the time. Unexpectedly, Professor Tao unconditionally supported his daughter's judgment, which made Fan Yajun speechless.
Too emotional!
As a woman, she had a good impression of the independent, brave and energetic Tao Nanfeng. After hesitating for a moment, Fan Yajun said to Shao Dong: "Since Professor Tao has made such a judgment and Dean Wang agrees, let's add two more. Structural safety is a big deal, and we should be careful."
When Shaodong saw the project's chief engineer speaking, he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
"Okay... OK! But the drilling machine won't be shipped back until next week, so we might have to wait a while."
Tao Nanfeng and Fan Yajun looked at each other, and Tao Nanfeng mouthed: Thank you.
Fan Yajun glared at her, meaning: This won’t happen again.
Although the two were more than ten years apart in age, they were like friends at this moment, with smiles in their eyes.
The construction drawings for the five residential buildings have all been completed, and the structural engineers have added a sentence next to the design instructions - add additional exploration points, and if there are no geological anomalies, construction will proceed according to the drawings.
Tao Shouxin firmly believed in Tao Nanfeng's judgment, and Fan Yajun gave Tao Nanfeng a chance, but other designers, including Ouyang Cheng, secretly complained that Professor Tao was looking for trouble.
"We can just design according to the survey report, why bother with this?"
"Such a large construction project is best managed when everyone has their own responsibilities. Professor Tao insisted on interfering in the affairs of the survey team. It's really... Alas!"
"Mr. Fan trusts university professors too much. In our opinion, university professors have too much academic atmosphere. How can a project like this, which is under a tight deadline, withstand such a hassle?"
Tao Nanfeng was very confused when he heard such a voice.
She asked her father: "They say safety is no small matter, and it is better to believe it than not to believe it. Why do people think we are meddling?"
Tao Shouxin said calmly: "Since you believe in yourself, don't care about these gossips."
Tao Nanfeng: "This is my first time using my supernatural power to explore the ground. I'm not sure if that white line represents a weak soil layer. Could I be making a wrong judgment?"
Tao Shouxin: "Who can be without mistakes? Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. By constantly summarizing and reviewing, you will be able to skillfully use your abilities."
Tao Nanfeng: "Am I being too aggressive?"
Tao Shouxin: "Only mediocre people will follow the crowd."
Seeing that his daughter looked a little depressed, he looked at her seriously and asked, "What do you think of this construction project?"
What to do? Tao Nanfeng had never really thought about this question. Isn’t it the hope of a work of art, five buildings, and all the employees?
Tao Shouxin: "You treat construction projects as a career, right?"
Tao Nanfeng nodded: "Yes!"
“But others just treat it as a job.”
After hearing this, Tao Nanfeng seemed to understand something.
People in the design institute treat architectural design as a job. They are paid according to how much money they do. Everything is done according to procedures, with division of labor and cooperation, and everyone performs their own duties. As long as they complete their own tasks, that's enough.
The architect makes a preliminary design of the building according to the assignment, and the structural engineer performs calculations based on the preliminary design drawings and geological survey reports to determine the foundation form and structure, and the construction methods of beams, slabs, columns, and masonry structures.
Whether there are any geological abnormalities is the responsibility of the survey team. What does it have to do with the structural team?
Even if something really goes wrong, the survey team will be held responsible.
Of course, the survey team can also explain: we are following scientific regulations, the existence of this weak stratum is completely accidental and a special case.
As for delaying the construction progress and affecting the quality of the houses...the design institute and the construction team did nothing wrong. The ones who suffered were the employees of the towel factory who were craning their necks to wait for their houses.
Tao Shouxin raised his hand and patted his daughter's shoulder: "When I was young, I was just like you. Every architectural work was my child, and I would do my best to complete it. But gradually, I dealt with more and more people, and the projects I encountered became more and more complicated. The power of an individual was too small, so I could only learn to clarify the rights and responsibilities in the team and do my part well."
"But I feel like I'm getting further and further away from my childhood dreams," Tao Shouxin said, feeling lost.
After a pause, he said to Tao Nanfeng earnestly: "If you want to keep your dream, you must persevere to the end and endure loneliness. This road...is not easy."
Tao Nanfeng felt more confident after hearing his father's words.
If it was just a job, why would she go to graduate school? Wouldn't it be nice to just go back to the farm and be the head of the infrastructure department, earn a generous salary, live a good life, and live in love with Xiangbei?
For her, architecture is not a job, but a career and an ideal.
She wanted to be a master architect, someone who could build millions of mansions and bring joy to the poor people in the world.
Even if she is questioned, criticized, or scolded, she must grit her teeth and keep going and persevere to the end!
The survey team had no new information for a long time. According to the time given by the city, the construction team started construction as soon as they received the blueprint.
The site was leveled, the foundation was compacted, the lines were laid out, the trenches were dug... everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.
The foundation cushion layer was completed and there was nothing abnormal at the excavation site. What soft soil layer? It's complete nonsense.
On this day, after finishing class in the classroom on the first floor of the office building, Tao Nanfeng just walked into the lobby with his textbook in his arms when he heard an arguing coming from the stairs on the second floor.
"Professor Tao, how is the progress of adding exploration points?"
“I haven’t received any news yet.”
"You really are such a fool! Our department and the design institute have a cooperative relationship. Why are you taking this so seriously?"
"Professor Ouyang, is it wrong to be serious?"
"That's right! You are absolutely right! Your construction team has completed the task, but our structural team is now worried, fearing that we will have to change the plan. Everyone has a lot of things to do after school starts, so aren't you just looking for trouble?"
My father helped me withstand the pressure from all sides. Tao Nanfeng bit her lip, feeling a little uncomfortable.
The graduate students who had just come out of the classroom after class heard their supervisors arguing, and they crowded into the corridor, not daring to move, and talked quietly.
"Why did Professor Ouyang from the Civil Engineering Department come to our department?"
"It seems to be for the last cooperation project with Jiangcheng Architectural Design Institute."
"Fan Zhicheng, didn't you also participate in that project? What's going on?"
Fan Zhicheng said softly: "Professor Tao suspected that there was a weak soil layer in the project site, but the survey report showed no problems, which made the work of the structural team somewhat passive."
Tao Nanfeng glanced at him. This guy has a bad character, but a strong ability to summarize.
When the students heard this, they looked at each other in bewilderment. This is a question that the instructors are considering, and no one understands it. However, as a student of architecture, I definitely support Professor Tao.
"We are all here to complete the project successfully, why are we arguing?"
"Yes, since Professor Tao has doubts, he must have his reasons."
"Better safe than sorry."
A figure ran in from outside the door, and the soles of his shoes made loud "thump thump" sounds on the terrazzo floor.
"Tao Nanfeng!" The man shouted happily when he saw Tao Nanfeng standing in the hallway.
"Mr. Fan?" The person who came was Fan Yajun. She was wearing a blue jacket and her rolled up cuffs were stained with mud. She probably just came back from the construction site.
Tao Nanfeng's heart skipped a beat. The exploration results came out!
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