I am a licensed PE and at a point in my career where I can afford to be a private consultant. Regarding professional liability insurance, I would like to benefit from the experience of some of my colleagues out there....How much coverage does a geotechnical engineer need? Any thoughts??
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I am working with a contractor in a development who prefers to drive timber piling with the bucket of his excavotor. He has a Caterpillar 321C/LCR. It would be helpful to know what kind of energy he is imparting on the 12" by 25 foot timber pile. He typically drives the pile until he gets...
I recently designed an anchored sheet pile wall for a construction contractor. The trench is 20'deep and 12' wide. My design called for the anchor rods to be 1 and 1/2 inch diam.steel rods at 10' spacing. Each rod was subject to approx. 50,000 lbs tension based on my calculations. The contractor...
I have been asked to design several single family home foundations on a lake in southern Michigan. The site is underlain by 8 to 14 feet of fibrous peat. I believe my only options here are to drive timber piles to the substantial strata below the peat OR excavate the peat out of the site and...
