# Heter chafira ve'dipun

> An excavation-and-shoring permit for early works, before the full building permit.

Canonical: https://shavnu.com/glossary/heter-chafira-vedipun

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**היתר חפירה ודיפון**

This early-works permit lets the contractor dig the basement and shore the pit. Rainbow's March 2024 excavation permit was the first in the district; ASHIRA received its excavation-and-shoring permit in July 2024. It is not permission to build the tower.


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Source: https://shavnu.com/glossary/heter-chafira-vedipun on Shavnu, an independent English guide to the
Sde Dov district in Tel Aviv. Figures come from the public record: Israel Tax
Authority transaction reports, Tel Aviv GIS, tender results and the Hebrew press.