For immediate use on the job:
NAVFAC DM 7.1 Soil Mechanics web.umr.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge441/dm7_01.pdf)
NAVFAC DM 7.2 Foundations and Earth Structures
www.ce.washington.edu/~geotech/courses/cee523/manuals/NAVFAC72.pdf)
CinciMace, you may not need to go through the exams if your degree fits the requirements.
The Washington Accord that has previously been referred to applies only to recognition of degrees from signatory countries with effect from the date that country signed up. In the case of New Zealand...
With that level of RQD, I should be worried. I should first consider pre-grouting to increase the soundness of the anchorage medium. Then, I should carry out a pull test to ascertain that the anchors would be able to carry the design load.
Johnwill65, I suggest you should get a geotech engineer to give you advice from a few borings at well selected locations. The cost would be money well-spent. 20% contigency? You must have a client with a deep pocket!
Dzitseawuku, are you in a lateritic (cemented residual) formation? [If so...
I doubt that this would be an MSE wall support ... to be underlain by soft clay. My reaction is same as BigH, .... byepass the soft clay layer, what with frost depth, etc. Also, even with a 7ft foundation depth, your B/D is still reasonably low. Just wondering, has it occured to you maybe you...
Waskillywabbit, I had to take both FE and PE about 25 years after college because I came from another country where I had been a registered engineer. In my opinion, "review manuals" should not be seen as study material, but only for review AFTER you have studied. One mistake many make is to...
I use it routinely as backup for split spoon or shelby tube samples of clayey soils that I am very familiar with. I would however not rely on it for soft to very soft clays, for which I probably would depend on in-situ vane shear test results. Its results are reliable when the sandy or silty...
BTW, EddyC, as Rich2001 has shown, credentials from non-3rd world countries can be manufactured just as easily as those from "3rd world countries can be forged easily by paying a small fee". The only difference is that the fee here is higher.
"Happy-go-lucky"? Maybe your favorite teachers haven't familiarized themselves with their job description: publishing, more publishing, teaching and service. They would be lucky to secure tenure after 6 or 7 years, thus allowing them to move from "Assistant" to "Associate".
Not all geotech engineers have expertise in micropile design or construction. As DRC1 has pointed out, it is a specialty discipline. A good installer would have crawler rigs that require no more headroom than what could fit into a room in a building. Typically, all an installer needs is...
BearcatEngineer, I would very strongly suggest that you pay a geotech company to handle all your geotech concerns. N < 10 is actually meaningless without contextualizing the problem. For example, for clay with N < 4, I would not feel confortable depending on SPT results. Rather, I would...
