Yes, because of the size of the cracks I was able to look into every cell for a 5' section of wall starting at the corner and visually confirm that none of the cells contain grout or reinforcing. The attached picture is the corner cell.
I've had GPR done on some projects in the past with...
The back side of the building does not have a gutter and the downspout you are referring to doesn't lead very far away from the foundation. So it is possible that the soils have eroded away over time. It was built in 1980.
The building is located in the Oklahoma City area. At the beginning...
I have got a 20'x30' CMU building that has some significant horizontal cracking on the east wall. The walls are 7'4" tall and contain NO vertical reinforcement or grouted cells. There is a horizontal bond beam halfway up the wall according to the as-builts, but I have been unable to confirm...
I am in the process of designing a LARGE U-shaped warehouse. After speaking to the Geotech it has been determined that the site conditions on one leg of the U are much more favorable than the other leg. If considered separately, we have at least site class C (maybe even B) on one leg and no...
