I am a geotech working for a landscape architect.
He wants to use a designed "structural soil" that is root friendly for trees to be planted within and adjacent to paved areas- usually residential fancy driveways and parking, includes precast concrete interlocking pavers, Portland...
Trying to decide what to do. Called in to evaluate cracks in 3 month old floor. Here is the situation.
Pre-engineered metal building on concrete footings with concrete slab on grade floor. Building will house a community building with a ballroom, small kitchen, basketball court, bathrooms and...
I am looking at 1/2 of a duplex house with severe differential movement and recurring interior cracking. One story wood frame, stucco, on poured concrete basement foundation on stip footings with rear walk-out to grade, with slab on grade garage attached to front. House has a common concrete...
looking for opinions regarding two approaches related to the use of elevation surveys in determining if a foundation needs stabilization.
My "competitor" likes to do a relative levelness survey and assumes the house was built level. Depending on the conditions and how much the house is out of...
Looking for any sucessful experience in slope failure surface LOCATION methods other than inclinometer, including: Tme Domain Reflectometry (TDR), "Go-No Go" tubes or any others
I am trying to find a way to analyze metal plate connected wood trusses. Specifically I want to be able to estimate the load in a given member to check a repair design, to estimate forces and moment at a joint to check a gusset repair, or to be able to analyze a "home-made" truss to...
