The inspector is not a registered engineer. I question if he is capable of reading the english language as well. Rather than reading the appropriate code he called several other "resources" ie. building dept. friends to validate his opinion.
Our company does alot of "walk out" foundations. The footings are stepped by 4' so that we can pour the foundation as a continuous wall at with wall heights of 12' and 8'. The question is wheter or not the footing needs to be continuous at the elevation change. I know that most people will...
Is there anything that I can point to in ACI or similar code that would say the cement poured to fill the gap would act "continuous" and transfer the load? Should pins be inserted in the footer and wall and then reinforced with rebar? I found an interesting article in Concrete Homes Magazine...
I was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction. Our company has built a walkout residential foundation. The site was stripped of native soil and filled with gravel (compacted in lifts). The gravel base was built with two steps with a 4' difference in height. This allows us...
