Hello gentlemen!
The case has settled, but I have not been told what I am allowed to say just yet. As far as the technical aspects, I guess I can talk about those without issue.
The inclinometer was installed but only an initial reading was taken(on the record). I believe that additional...
Vad,
I say this with the utmost sincerity, your last post is worth at least a couple quarter's worth of geotechnical engineering (amongst other disciplines)coursework. Exploring and analyzing the intricate nature you have described can only be appreciated by few. I do not pretend to grasp the...
I was deposed yesterday (8 hours!), the foreman of the project who was fired and told me a great deal of the things the contractor did poorly, will be deposed in the next few days. My mindset is now changing to what questions should be asked of this foreman to aid my case. If anyone has any...
Thank you again VAD,
I recognize that you don't know all of the details and I intially was asking a specific question in the beginning of this post. But if you want more background I would like your opinions.
I was assured by the site foreman that the area around my home was going to be...
VAD, I appreciate your position, you make some very valid points and they will help me model my argument against the defendant. Your second paragraph is misguided. If I told the contractor to place the fill at that location then this whole issue is moot and it is most certanly my fault.
The...
Thank you all for your comments, be forewarned, the following is a summarized history of the events, with as many major points that I can think while writing this...
A contractor signs a waste agreement with me to bring the spoils of a school project across the street to me(in exchange for some...
Oh, you can't PE stamp through the net?! :-) I have soil and structural engineers for this lawsuit. The only reason I posed the question is to make sure that I haven't forgotten everything I learned! I thank both of you for reaffirming my opposition to the defense counsel.
This begs the...
Zoomzoo, it is beginning to look like opposing counsel is using a tactic to instill doubt in the fact that the slope is actually failing or has failed. If I don't allow it, they will claim I am hiding something, If I allow them to do this exercise, then I will have the burden of disproving...
Thank you DRC1 for commenting. The contractor bulldozed the slope in order to knock the trees down, pushed them to the bottom and then brought fill in on top of them, extending the top surface an additional 10'. They basically compromized the slope by "stripping" it of vegetation. In addition...
Thank you for that! I have numerous photos of the site before, during and after. I have a detailed topo of the site before the fill was placed and a topo after.
Your comment about the trees is great! I will forward that to my attorney. The house was built in 1911, the garage was built...
I appreciate the percentage certainty, I am not a practicing geotech, but I was hoping that I didn't lose all of my common sense! I am against it for the same reasons you stated. I have to find a way to defend NOT using them for the very same reason. More background, my house is at the top of...
I am in a situation where counsel from an opposing side wants to use inclinometers to prove/disprove a slope stability problem. Is the following statement defendable?
Using inclinometers over short periods of time(i.e. 3 months) does not indicate the true extent of movement.
A brief background...
