I think I am going to proceed forward with two or four 30' long 8” diameter piles driven into the clay layer to vibrate the sand just to be safe. 99% of the new houses in the area are stick framed built on 12”X12” piling. Most of the older stick frame houses are slab on grade and are doing fine...
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A geotech report was done for the pile capacity, the borings were taken to a depth of 30 ft below surface. The 4 tsf clay layer extends very deep > 50 ft. The fill is stacked 8 to 10 ft high and around 8 ft of the surcharge fill will be removed. Assuming the fill is in...
I am in the process of designing a Insulated Concrete Form house that will be built on Galveston Island Texas. The house has a ground floor/garage, a 1st floor and a 2nd floor. Total weight with concrete floors and walls is around 1.5 million pounds over a footprint of around 2,000 ft^2. The...
