Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project. Such ceremonies are often attended by dignitaries such as politicians and businessmen. The actual shovel used during the groundbreaking is often a special ceremonial shovel, sometimes colored gold, meant to be saved for subsequent display and may be engraved. In other groundbreaking ceremonies, a bulldozer is used instead of a shovel to mark the first day of construction. In some groundbreaking ceremonies, both the shovel and the bulldozer are used to mark the first day of construction.[1][2]

Groundbreaking ceremony for Hunts Point Cooperative Market in New York City (1962)
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Groundbreaking ceremony in Los Angeles, California (1933), featuring a steam shovel

Meaning

The term groundbreaking, when used as an adjective, may mean being or making something that has never been done, seen, or made before; "stylistically innovative works".

  • Groundbreaking ceremony with shovels, marking the start of construction of the new Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main on September 6, 2009.
  • Engraved shovel prepared for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Städel Museum.
  • Groundbreaking ceremony with an excavator, marking the start of construction of the new Line 6 of the Santiago Metro on September 13, 2012, in which President Sebastián Piñera (fourth from left) took part.
  • Turning the first sod at Sault Ste-Marie. July 30, 1890, on the first publicly owned power canal constructed in Canada, for general distribution of power for industrial purposes.
  • Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño participates alongside the mayor of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Angel García, for the official ceremony of the new construction of the Urban Center and Plaza.

See also

References
  1. jwise@dothaneagle.com, Jeremy Wise. "Officials break ground on Wiregrass Public Safety Center". Archived from the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  2. "TSMC has started construction of its 5nm 'Fab 18' in Taiwan". HEXUS. January 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.


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