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I agree with f-d, I am working on a site compacting fill for a garage, the compaction was done with small lifts of 4" made of spoils of crushed soft rock and top soild (no organics). The site was a water trap this winter since I dammed the flow of water from adjacent properties and installed...

I am thinking of embedding square tube(1/2" skin thickness) deep enough in the concrete and rising one foot above the surface of the foundation. The side of this tube inside concrete will have two holes for a horizantal 5/8 rebar. The outside dimension of the embdded tube will match the inside...

I have a structure that steel square tubing will be used as part of the framing. The plans call for bolting a 5/8 bearing plate into concrete and the square tube of 3/16 thicness will be welded to the bearing plate. I consider the bond between the 3/16 square tube edge and the bearing plate by...

Vapor barrier are manufactured from plastic material that tend to be smooth. When the material is places between concrete and the ground surface there is no doubt there is a reduction in friction. In structures where there is risk of sliding the reduction in surface friction becomes a concern...

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SAN ANTONIO – Construction crews moved dirt to shore up a group of houses precariously perched on a crumbling hill in San Antonio on Monday as engineers tried to determine why the land below was shifting, causing dozens of homes to evacuate. Gaping crevices, some 15 feet deep, cut across...

Thanks for very well advise.

I am planning to buy a welding machine to use it for light work. I am building a house with lots of steel works so I will be welding bearing plates of 5/8" and 3/4" to square tubes and wide flang beams. I will also use it to manufacture my own steel connectors for roofing and other structural...

Paint? Did it come to mind that when painting ther is something called primer? or undercoat? or sealant? All the above will isolate the grey concrete core from the whitest of the white final paint coat. If I was the architect I will worry about the white paint greying from exposure to the...