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This part always cracks me up. They claim to have better options, but for some reason they are calling me. OK, yeah right. We all...

FYI, I did just recently perform a site visit to an existing, high value, single family residential property where some hardscape...

4" driveway slabs in my area (southeast US but not Florida) are typically not reinforced. Control joints are used to, well, control...

At first glance, I assumed the wall was completely unreinforced, but I suppose it probably would not have lasted until the water was 4...

This is not necessarily evidence that anything "clearly works". Those that are still standing after many decades might be the ones that...

I was taught that all CMU walls are to have a bond beam at the bottom and the top at a minimum for load distribution and continuity. I...

I say do what you can to make life as difficult as possible for all involved in projects like these while spending as little effort as...

This is an interesting concept that I was previously unaware of. Granted I work in the American south where frost heave is given only...

I think the grouting would be the easy part (relatively speaking, compared to placing the bond beam reinforcing). I think grouting can...

Good question. I guess you might as well not. Then again, if you had a stack of them laying there you might use them and only knock...

It is a condition assessment, not an independent verification of an engineered design. The process and the intent is not much...

Well, I assess timber retaining walls all the time. I have to tell my client's something. OP, you need to hire a local structural...

They make open ended blocks for these purposes (i.e., so you don't have to lower every block from the top of the vertical rebars). In...

10-4. I am not at all familiar with Australian practice.

ANE, when you spell it out like that, on the one hand the inspection sounds almost comically worthless, yet on the other hand this is...