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What basic, soil mechanics courses might be available for credit or auditing either on-line or by correspondence? I need to learn more. Thank you.

Thank you all for your replies. I agree. At least one city in our area requires that a PE design the corrective measures for a slab foundation repair permit to be issued to the contractor. A contractor should not be allowed to install a belled pier system without it being designed and...

Because soil boring and sample testing are relatively expensive for determining how deep drilled piers should be, contractors sometimes drill a test hole as a cheap alternative. The correct depth is estimated by simply noting the type of soil coming up as a function of drilling depth. Is this...

PSlem, thank you for offering to check your books and for the web site. The references at texasce.org appear to be good overviews but not to offer design specifics. I appreciate your help so far.

Thank you again, PSlem. I know this may sound bad, but who is Dr. Brown and what might be a book title or two? You can tell that I'm in a different field and pretty ignorant in geotechnical area.

Thank you, PSlem. I should have mentioned that expansive soils are definitely a factor for us here on the gulf coast. How might the pier diameter, pier depth, bell diameter, etc. depend upon soil boring data? I know generally that the pier should go to a non-expansive depth. However, there...

What is a good, basic resource for designing belled-pier and pile systems to support the slab foundations of residential and small commercial structures? Have reviewed IBC & IRC but always appreciate examples. Any on-line tutorials? Anything otherwise easy to access when not near an...