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    Peer review question

    Is it normal for an engineer to type his/her draft report directly onto the peer's letterhead and then the peer edit the document without saving a draft? I'm being told that's what HiRise Engineering did with the report for our home and that there are no draft versions of the report. The...
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    Hydrostatic pressure vs. earth movement

    I'm under FEMA review right now because my Hurricane Sandy claim was denied by the Engineering firms (HiRise and United Technical Consultants) that were caught altering engineering reports. My claim was originally denied because of the earth movement exclusion. I believe we may actually have...
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    Investigative Engineering

    I posted another question on here before and at the advice of some of the people here, I have an appointment next month for a structural engineer to evaluate our crawlspace foundation. During Hurricane Sandy, our foundation was damaged. A pre-existing hairline crack on the side of the house got...
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    Water vs. soil

    I'm in such a bind that I'm desperate for your help/opinions. When we moved into our house 10 years ago, the foundation had a hairline crack next to the flood vent in the right rear quarter of our house (we are on a crawl). The crack hadn't changed in 10 years. During Hurricane Sandy we had 8...
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    Soil Reconsolidation

    Can soil reconsolidate during a flood?

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