The Subsurface Integrity of Crumbling Concrete and the High Cost of Public Easements
CHAPTER 1: THE FRICTION OF EXCAVATION The wooden handle of the pine sign struck the steel shaft of the shovel with a dull, hollow crack, vibrating right through the thick leather of the contractor’s gloves. Gideon didn’t drop the tool. He kept his boots planted in the loose, grey-brown topsoil at the lip of the…