Just visited there last week, the showroom is beautiful. It's changed and there is a viewing window on a diamond plate that's on the floor of the hole. You can see all the way down to the bottom of the sinkhole. It is pretty deep.
must be a pretty good little cave system under there. Kentucky is so full of caves that it would look like swiss cheese if you could slice it. FYI the longest known cave in the world is just up the road: Mammoth Cave National Park; the cave system is 425 miles and growing. That is surveyed and mapped miles which were explored by people.
Thank you for sharing the video, would love to see a longer video with the sounds of the construction and everything and actually see how everything was done
If they didn't put anything under the wood covering up the small opening in the ground toward the :50 second mark of the video, and if that wood one day gives way and allows soil to collapse down into the ground in you could end up with another sinkhole forming underneath this structure
By the looks of labor and layer upon layer of metal,sand and concrete you can tell they don't want that happening again lol I wonder why theirs a Crack on the floor already though right under the word "The" at 3:05.
Yep there's gonna be another hole. lol. that shouldn't have cracked like that already especially with the prep to the ground they did before pouring the concrete.
@@davidperry4013 no It is because it is sitting on one of the largest sinkhole plains in the world. When the museum was built, it was according to specs which were true at the time. However, limestone formations are dissolved by water, and heavy rains, flooding and other natural events just wore away the caprock. The ceiling would have dropped if nothing were sitting on top of it. Now that the caprock is gone, there is nothing to collapse.
I don't think they're going to park any Corvettes there even with the repair. No sense in tempting fate a second time. RIP to the 5 Corvettes damaged beyond repair.
All 8 cars that fell in the hole were removed from it, some more intact than others (only 3 were in restorable condition; one of the 3 was so lightly damaged it was still drivable). There are a few parts of the cars that were buried so deep they couldn't be removed (or even found), so some parts of Corvettes are in the hole forever, but no whole Corvette is still down there.
the concrete is already Crack across the whole floor on the last take...don't you know what will be the proper mixture due to the wheather on that area???...great job too bad they screw it up at then whit it cracking
They should've gave it time before adding rebar and pavement so they can relevel that soil before adding in the rebar and and cement. Then cut lines through the pavement to allow the expand and contract without forming crack before adding the leveling cement and finishing touches
the way this was made to sound from other youtubers that ya'll stuck bracing under the floor and called it good, andy was in that hole and all we saw were piping, now I see what you really did and that makes more sense and looks better and is less of a worry.
Sinkholes are caused by water that washes away the dirt or soil under a place and once the area can not hold enough weight it becomes a sinkhole and breaks the floor I would have recommended if I had a say on this that they build it in a safer area by checking if the ground underneath where they will build is washed away it's just a small recommendation but you know I have no say on this so yeah lol
BruhItzBri Gaming sinkholes are byproducts of dissolution in limestone and other carbonate rocks, it’s more than just washing away of sediments because a chemical reaction (dissolution) must occur for a large void to open up otherwise you’ll just get erosion and the sediments will be deposited nearby and no void is created. Credit: phD in sinkholes and karst formations
Steve Leahy the bedrock below is limestone which is very prone to dissolution when in contact with water, once this happens large void spaces are created until anything above is no longer supported hence a sinkhole, the corvette museum is a prime example of know it all engineers who don’t know jack shit about sinkholes because there WILL be another one in the future at that location
@@joystick396 actually the builders knew there was risk because all of Bowling Green sits on a huge sinkhole plain. When the building was constructed, the subsurface was determined to be sufficient to support the building and it did for a long time. However, there were several heavy rainy seasons and a couple of floods plus a severely cold winter with a lot of freeze/thaw which would have caused the dome to weaken. Builders in the area are quite accustomed to investigating the strength of a location before building because the odds are good there could be a big ole hole there.
there is not another cave ceilng under there to collapse now. That's what it was after all; a large limestone dome which became too thin due to erosion to support the weight of the building A good solid fill in with reinforcements should work.
Crazy sight to see. Remember kids, there's someone there watching or having someone watch the work for them,that is making $74+ an hour.... Might not even have any diploma.
once a sink hole.....always a sink hole...which can be repaired from time to time but never fixed. Should have just moved to a different location.....did you see the settlement in the stones after all that compaction right as they prepared for the concrete
Bug Bomb you’re exactly right, know it all engineers are at work with this corvette museum, no one listens to geologists but I’m going to be the one laughing when they have to empty their pockets again because the earth swallowed their building
HAHA,,, I bet the corvette museum was sponsored by an oil rig company next door that suck all the juice from underneath causing this museum to collapse next door.. most likely the truth,, I know it hurts,I would have warned you if I had known about the issue you were faced.
All that work cost a lot more than the corvettes that were lost and the ones that survived put together. More people watching the work than those working. I'm sure admission prices went up after that. Fortunately for me, not interested so I won't visit
It was actually a cave to begin with. The limestone wore away over time due to water flow and it became too thin to support the weight. Now that the caprock is gone, It won't collapse. It isn't the only sinkhole around there just the most well known. Lots of caves too. I think there are 8 tourist caves within 30 miles of BG.
Just visited there last week, the showroom is beautiful. It's changed and there is a viewing window on a diamond plate that's on the floor of the hole. You can see all the way down to the bottom of the sinkhole. It is pretty deep.
Christopher Duenas * viewing hole sounds cool.
What a glorious hole
must be a pretty good little cave system under there. Kentucky is so full of caves that it would look like swiss cheese if you could slice it. FYI the longest known cave in the world is just up the road: Mammoth Cave National Park; the cave system is 425 miles and growing. That is surveyed and mapped miles which were explored by people.
@@sergeantspeed5941
Glory hole...
How could you see to the bottom? The video shows them filling it up.
Thank you for sharing the video, would love to see a longer video with the sounds of the construction and everything and actually see how everything was done
At 3:05 you can already see a crack in the floor, Look at the word "The".
if you think that's bad don't walk on any sidewalk, drive any road, or go in any building because they all have those types of cracks in concrete
I know, that's why I don't leave my house.
The Crack that broke the corvettes back 😂 sorry had to say it.
I’ve forgotten more about concrete than any of you will ever know and I give this floor my seal of approval.
right at 1:40 settlement crack after all that compaction....
awesome to see it all back together! Still sad to lose so many great Vettes though.
Only 5 were lost, if I am not wrong 3 were saved
YES > Right at the end when it says ' Sky dome Today ' Theres a crack right through the floor already
+Dave Randall Yep! And if the Earth wants to open up it will. I wouldn't trust it.
Dave Randall had to look about 3 times and seen it on the last time .....wow
I just saw this video and I was going to post the same... thing.
Cracks like that are common, even in new buildings.
All concrete cracks. There’s nothing that can be done about it due to the way it expands and contracts.
So like out of field trip today and now I’m obsessed with this stuff
Never even heard about this till today, wow
DAM LESS THAN 4 MINUTES TO FILL THAT HOLE!!
First I'm hearing of this
sink hole in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Superbowl Sunday February 13, 2022 @ 4:12 AM.
If they didn't put anything under the wood covering up the small opening in the ground toward the :50 second mark of the video, and if that wood one day gives way and allows soil to collapse down into the ground in you could end up with another sinkhole forming underneath this structure
when you poor a slab that size wit no expansion joints it will crack every time. its ugly but harmless
The floor of my garage was poured without expansion joints and it hasn't developed cracks that large in the 18 years the house has existed.
By the looks of labor and layer upon layer of metal,sand and concrete you can tell they don't want that happening again lol I wonder why theirs a Crack on the floor already though right under the word "The" at 3:05.
Yep there's gonna be another hole. lol. that shouldn't have cracked like that already especially with the prep to the ground they did before pouring the concrete.
Mr.Almighty that is usually caused by either adding too much water to the cement mixture prior to pouring or not cutting lines into the concrete
Mony mony
@@davidperry4013 no It is because it is sitting on one of the largest sinkhole plains in the world. When the museum was built, it was according to specs which were true at the time. However, limestone formations are dissolved by water, and heavy rains, flooding and other natural events just wore away the caprock. The ceiling would have dropped if nothing were sitting on top of it. Now that the caprock is gone, there is nothing to collapse.
I don't think they're going to park any Corvettes there even with the repair. No sense in tempting fate a second time. RIP to the 5 Corvettes damaged beyond repair.
The is no "buried forever" car. How does this bs get started?
All 8 cars that fell in the hole were removed from it, some more intact than others (only 3 were in restorable condition; one of the 3 was so lightly damaged it was still drivable). There are a few parts of the cars that were buried so deep they couldn't be removed (or even found), so some parts of Corvettes are in the hole forever, but no whole Corvette is still down there.
Im pretty sure the crack at the end is due to the concrete mixture..
the concrete is already Crack across the whole floor on the last take...don't you know what will be the proper mixture due to the wheather on that area???...great job too bad they screw it up at then whit it cracking
danilo e jesus earth moved , cement cracks . It's no way around it no matter what the mix .
The yellow line at 3:10 that is a out line of the sink holes I was just there this year that what it said
They should've gave it time before adding rebar and pavement so they can relevel that soil before adding in the rebar and and cement. Then cut lines through the pavement to allow the expand and contract without forming crack before adding the leveling cement and finishing touches
00:21 Sun tracks through a skylight all day . . .
I saw the sinkhole when it wasn’t being filled in it was huge almost 50 feet deep
I’m trying hard to estimate how much solid fill it took to build it back up to floor level again? Any guesses?
More then a year needed? Japan does a bigger hole in only 1 week :p
SIG442 REALLY A YEAR ?? HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF CUBIC YARDS FOR FILL??
Iamerock billion years ago called "hot lava sea" cooled lava because to rock layers built up.
Anyone see any expansion joints cut in the top floor? Concrete will always Crack in any situation. Should flex every 10 to 20 foot!
I know..anyone whit common sence.will have expansion joints or cut it...that Crack looks like shit..m shure they charge.them a lot...
That's done. Good job guys.
Now sell everything and be silent
the way this was made to sound from other youtubers that ya'll stuck bracing under the floor and called it good, andy was in that hole and all we saw were piping, now I see what you really did and that makes more sense and looks better and is less of a worry.
Awesome!
Did you see the nasty big crack in the floor @ 3:05.
Blue devil is my favorite
Sinkholes are caused by water that washes away the dirt or soil under a place and once the area can not hold enough weight it becomes a sinkhole and breaks the floor I would have recommended if I had a say on this that they build it in a safer area by checking if the ground underneath where they will build is washed away it's just a small recommendation but you know I have no say on this so yeah lol
BruhItzBri Gaming sinkholes are byproducts of dissolution in limestone and other carbonate rocks, it’s more than just washing away of sediments because a chemical reaction (dissolution) must occur for a large void to open up otherwise you’ll just get erosion and the sediments will be deposited nearby and no void is created. Credit: phD in sinkholes and karst formations
What caused the sink hole
Steve Leahy the bedrock below is limestone which is very prone to dissolution when in contact with water, once this happens large void spaces are created until anything above is no longer supported hence a sinkhole, the corvette museum is a prime example of know it all engineers who don’t know jack shit about sinkholes because there WILL be another one in the future at that location
@@joystick396 actually the builders knew there was risk because all of Bowling Green sits on a huge sinkhole plain. When the building was constructed, the subsurface was determined to be sufficient to support the building and it did for a long time. However, there were several heavy rainy seasons and a couple of floods plus a severely cold winter with a lot of freeze/thaw which would have caused the dome to weaken. Builders in the area are quite accustomed to investigating the strength of a location before building because the odds are good there could be a big ole hole there.
Disapointed they filled the entire hole. Could have been an art piece.
It’s a corvette museum, not an art museum
I live in the place where this occurred
How do they know it won't happen again and did Insurance pay for everything or did the term An Act of God come in to play ?
there is not another cave ceilng under there to collapse now. That's what it was after all; a large limestone dome which became too thin due to erosion to support the weight of the building A good solid fill in with reinforcements should work.
did they even water the cement? Cement LOVES water.
Anyone noticed they using RC dozers
Who's here after the rob dahm videom
Crazy sight to see.
Remember kids, there's someone there watching or having someone watch the work for them,that is making $74+ an hour....
Might not even have any diploma.
they aren't making $74+ an hour
@@Drewmack22
Okay so how do you know what they’re earning? If you know, how much were they paid?
lmao @ everyone complaining about the crack. the slab is fine its that shit layer of decorative shit they put down thats cracking
I'll be back when that hole opened again
See you guys in a few years when it opens back up👍
The sinkhole will keep getting bigger for ages
3:05
Exactly what happens when you take the "Low" bid...............SMDH.
whoops, already cracked, not a good sign ;)
I would definitely NOT put those cars back
more to sink next time.......
3:05 I spy....a crack.
once a sink hole.....always a sink hole...which can be repaired from time to time but never fixed. Should have just moved to a different location.....did you see the settlement in the stones after all that compaction right as they prepared for the concrete
Bug Bomb you’re exactly right, know it all engineers are at work with this corvette museum, no one listens to geologists but I’m going to be the one laughing when they have to empty their pockets again because the earth swallowed their building
Stupid how Day Have a Cave Under the Museum
I won’t be visiting
That will fail.
HAHA,,, I bet the corvette museum was sponsored by an oil rig company next door that suck all the juice from underneath causing this museum to collapse next door.. most likely the truth,, I know it hurts,I would have warned you if I had known about the issue you were faced.
All that work cost a lot more than the corvettes that were lost and the ones that survived put together. More people watching the work than those working. I'm sure admission prices went up after that. Fortunately for me, not interested so I won't visit
one of the corvettes was not recoverd.....buried forever....
Nope
Nope. Only eight lost. All eight recovered.
What caused the sink hole
It was actually a cave to begin with. The limestone wore away over time due to water flow and it became too thin to support the weight. Now that the caprock is gone, It won't collapse. It isn't the only sinkhole around there just the most well known. Lots of caves too. I think there are 8 tourist caves within 30 miles of BG.
Claire Wood thanks