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Soil Borings, New Home Planned, & Best Foundation
This is such a super form for us Computer dudes (Hey, if you need server/systems help, we're here for you!) I used everyone's comments. I found out from the soil boring GeoTech Engineer that a new home would require caissons around the entire foundation. It is suspect that the Du Page River...- Runway911
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- Forum: Soil testing engineering
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Caisson Foundation System
In response to the questions - my answers are in the parenthesis: 1. Are the recommendations given in the geotechnical report very meaningful to a structural engineer in designing the caissons? (Haven't yet been able to contact a structural engineer. I planning on having a builder/architect...- Runway911
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- Forum: Foundation engineering
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Caisson Foundation System
I realize many questions are not simplistic in nature and appreciate not only both of your answers, but your skill that I don't have in this field. Illinois Drilling & Testing out of Addison, IL performed the tests. One other piece of information from the report which wasn't provide in my...- Runway911
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- Forum: Foundation engineering
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Caisson Foundation System
A new two-story residential home with a 9-ft deep basement is being planned for some property I own outside of Chicago. Four soil borings were performed at each corner of the existing house which will be torn down. 4,000 PSF bearing soil was found starting at 3.5 ft deep at the front corners...- Runway911
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- Forum: Foundation engineering
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Soil Borings, New Home Planned, & Best Foundation
Thank you for the helpful information.- Runway911
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- Forum: Soil testing engineering
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Soil Borings, New Home Planned, & Best Foundation
My small home is being planned for a teardown in the Chicago area in favor of a larger one. The old home has cracks in two places in the foundation easily seen in the deep basement, and a Structural Engineer I hired checked it and said it would be too costly to repair. So, I had soil borings...- Runway911
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