How to obtain all these requested by contractors
How to obtain all these requested by contractors
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Our contractor that is designing a tank concrete foundation is asking these questions. Can you help me guide where and how to obtain their specific request (see below)? We don't have report and not planning to hire a geotechnical company at this point but maybe take sample to a soil laboratory and analyze the soil if this is what it takes to get the foundation design.
1. Site specific geotechnical request:
a. soil bearing capacity for normal loading and transient conditions
b. modulus of sub-grade reaction
c. matt foundation depth
d. lateral friction factor
e. backfill and its compaction requirement.
f. Settlement prediction for uniform, differential, short and long term.
1. Site specific geotechnical request:
a. soil bearing capacity for normal loading and transient conditions
b. modulus of sub-grade reaction
c. matt foundation depth
d. lateral friction factor
e. backfill and its compaction requirement.
f. Settlement prediction for uniform, differential, short and long term.





RE: How to obtain all these requested by contractors
Actually, I commend the contractor for appreciating the information in these reports.
RE: How to obtain all these requested by contractors
RE: How to obtain all these requested by contractors
I don't mean to be unkind here, but the contractor seems to know a lot more about this than you or your company...that's not a good situation to be in. In my opinion, those questions should have been answered before they were asked. I also commend your contractor for asking appropriate questions relevant to the foundation design.
RE: How to obtain all these requested by contractors
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask
RE: How to obtain all these requested by contractors
RE: How to obtain all these requested by contractors
RE: How to obtain all these requested by contractors
I once read an army recruitment article that stated: " the first thing a good engineer does is ask a lot of questions" I suggest you remember this in the future as asking the right questions from the right people can sometimes be more important than the actual design.
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RE: How to obtain all these requested by contractors
Time for the volley to end. You can't expect proper design without this information. If the design proceeds without it, then it's not much of a design element to the contractor's service.
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