House was trashed by the movement but the people were still living in it - beautiful house - exclusive setting - maybe worth 7 mil. No mold at that time.
Neil
At 07:12 AM 7/22/2008, you wrote:
I don't know about Cali, but in my neck of the woods, we have vastly varying soils within a subdivision. Just going across the street we see a completely different soil. One house I had to do a condition assessment on was built ½ on an expansive clay and the other ½ on a collapsing sand. You should have seen the look on the Geotech when they were running a water level. Turns out a deep foundation should have been required, and we ended up doing a helical pier underpinning effort. In N.W. Wyo, I recommend it to everyone building to get a geotech report. For us, it's more than just soil bearing pressure, but also soil reaction. Don't know what the soils are like in Cali.
Sincerely,
David Maynard
Gillette, WY
From: Steve Gordin [ mailto:sgordin@sgeconsulting.com]
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 6:27 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Re: Soils Reports
Tim,
It was discussed earlier in the year. In my experience, in 80% of the projects, 1,000 PSF suffices (as it should), if not - find a geotech familiar with the area to write a memo reflecting the requirements of the 2007 code (another 15%), if not - then a full blown soil report will be required.
V. Steve Gordin, SE
Irvine CA
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: Pinyon Engineering
- To: seaint@seaint.org
- Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 14:37
- Subject: Soils Reports
- Hi,
- In the new 2007 California Building Code -- section 1802 requiring a soils report for all new projects - even single family homes! what is the reason for this . Do the geotechnical engineers need more work - Were there any spectacular failures I missed that caused this provision?
- any comments or insight
- Tim Rudolph
- Bishop CA