southern parts of the state and is a known problem in the Fairbanks
area. When permafrost melts/degrades, there are intermittent patches
that buildings occasionally get placed over. Either the geotechnical
investigation was not done or it missed these patches. When a building
is placed over these areas, you can get differential settlement that can
lead to expensive foundation repairs or abandonment of the buildings.
Ralph Kratz wrote:
> So it's intermittent in location, not time, right? I was wondering
> how something could be intermittent *and* permanent simultaneously.
>
> Ralph
>
> Sent from my iPhone 3G
>
> On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:57 PM, "Haan, Scott M POA"
> <Scott.M.Haan@usace.army.mil> wrote:
>
>> Intermittent permafrost means that permafrost is generally not
>> present, but
>> every once in a while the geotechnical investigation misses the one
>> spot at
>> the center of the building that has permafrost and a sinkhole
>> develops when
>> the heat is turned on.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rhkratzse@aol.com [mailto:Rhkratzse@aol.com]
>> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 12:44 PM
>> To: Haan, Scott M POA; seaint@seaint.org
>> Subject: Re: Frozen soil = disturbed earth?
>>
>> In a message dated 3/23/09 12:33:19 PM, Scott.M.Haan@usace.army.mil
>> writes:
>>
>>
>> "intermittent permafrost"
>>
>>
>>
>> ??????
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>>
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