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Thanks PEinc, all what you said is true and it happens. As csd72 said in his first comment, they do not use any drypack in UK and Australia. I also have seen that kind of procedures here and in my country with good results. Most important is analyze the situation (structure / soils...

Thanks PEinc, I will read it. Here is another reference in two different volumes: http://isddc.dot.gov/OLPFiles/FHWA/009755.pdf http://isddc.dot.gov/OLPFiles/FHWA/009757.pdf

Thanks a2mfk. The underpinning acts as a permanent element to transfer the loads of the exisitng structure to the soil. dcarr82775, below there are 2 links that shows graphically the shirnkage of a compensating concrete vs the regular portland cement concrete. I placed those two links even...

a3mfk, I am currently in the US. I am an EIT here and a PE in my country, Peru. The structure I am studying at this time is a two story building, concrete wall 12" thick in the first floor, and glass block in the second one. It is a gym. It is needed to underping one side of the building to...

I am talking about underpin of continuos concrete footings for concrete, block, or steel building structures.

Is is a common practice in my country to use expansive cement(Type K) in the mix to control the shrinkage of the concrete when underpinning structures, avoiding the use of dry packing. I believe that this methodology works great because all the voids are filled in the process giving a 100%...