In ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice - No. 56 "Subsurface Investigation for Design and Construction of Foundations of Buildings," there is a section on Artificial Fill that states that "Unless the conditions and control under which it was placed are fully known, fill should be...
Due to the increased push for contractors and others to use recycled products, we are seeing more and more people wanting to use recycled concrete and asphalt as construction materials. I have done some research and have seen in other localities that those materials are being used in base...
I have a client who has placed fill material and it initiall passed density and moisture requirements, but during installation of utilities it was noticed that the soil was dry. Now this most likely happened due to the dry weather. The testing firm is saying to scarify the soils to a depth of...
I am currently working on a project where the client wants to use recycled concrete from previously demoed floor slabs and foundations as fill material and recycled asphalt as a base course.
For recycled concrete, they know to remove all metal and construction debris. They say their crusher...
