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Residential Leach Field has Wet-Spot
Does anyone know what types of invetigation procedures and repairs are typically performed on a drain-field when there is a 10' diameter(septic) wet-spot in the middle of a large 100x100 leach-field (5 drain-pipes, each 100' long @ 20' c-c). The soils are approx 7-10 feet deep, & free draining...- dec4trax
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- Forum: Waste disposal & treatment
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Pipe Settlement during construction - Advise Wanted
Contractor is trenching approx 8 ft thru random fill, placing bedding, 3 ft re-concrete pipe, and compacted granular backfill (#8). Invert of pipe is critical. We have now encountered some very soft soil (STP=woh) along the trench alignment below the random fill at the bottom of the trench...- dec4trax
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- Forum: Foundation engineering
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Shear Strength Correlations
Can anyone direct me to reference materials which may have correlations to estimate shear strength from atterburg limit results ? I have been told these correlations exist, but I cannot find them. This data is for concept design only, so I am using available info and any correlations I can...- dec4trax
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- Forum: Foundation engineering
