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What is the purpose of building foundations?
Down, Not Out
Building foundations don't always have to spread the load out to a larger area. Sometimes the load only needs to be transferred to a stronger (harder) layer. …
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Why dig out and then fill in before building a large structure?
There are a few reasons why the footprint of large buildings are excavated and replaced.
All of the old building must be removed - Typically, older buildings will have been built with weaker materia …
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Low pile capacity during pile driving
Since you said that the piles are not reaching the desired capacity, I am assuming that these are friction piles instead of bearing piles.
There are two ways in which the capacity of friction piles ca …
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PE exam: situations in which two question choices are close to my final answer: how to pick ...
You are worrying about the numbers and forgetting what the numbers mean. This is for the PE exam, so this is a very important topic to make clear in your mind.
You solved the problem. You came up with …
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