Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!
Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!
-
Congratulations JAE on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!
Recent content by jmh77
-
Type "C" Soil Classification for Excavations
jgailla can you expand on your point? Here in the PNW there isn't a hole to dig that isn't going to be subject to groundwater infiltration, this time of year our water table is 1'-4' below ground surface depending on tides. We are actively dewatering the trench during construction and personnel...- jmh77
- Post #9
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
-
Type "C" Soil Classification for Excavations
Thanks for the replies. We all want to make a conservative decision on the matter and worker safety is the highest priority. Ironically, in my experience, it's often the craftsmen and laborers, not the management, who push back against more more conservative determinations with regard to...- jmh77
- Post #5
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
-
Type "C" Soil Classification for Excavations
I am overseeing a 6' deep trench for the purpose of laying a 6" fire water line. Ingress will be required for the pipe layers to perform their connections. This project is in the Pacific Northwest where our groundwater table is approximately 5' below ground surface. The soil strata consists of...- jmh77
- Thread
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
