Location: Boise Idaho Issue: This project involved a three-story apartment complex. During the initial excavation phase of the construction process the compaction inspection was overlooked. The construction of the structure was completed; one year after the certificate of occupancy was given, the city noticed the missing compaction test. A geotechnical engineer was employed to test…
Location: Near Ontario Oregon Details: Shop dimensions 90’W x 120’L x 18’ H Sub-grade was an old horse arena. Approximately 4,300 feet of elevation High snow fall area near The footing dimensions for the shop foundation was 24 inches wide by 24 inches deep. Issue: The home owner expressed the concern that the footing for…
Location: Weiser Idaho Issue: The transfer station is a place that rural dump trucks take the waste and dump it into an open concrete area then from that open area it gets pushed into trucks that transfer it to an offsite landfill. This particular transfer station had issues where the concrete pad was settling and…
Location: Boise Idaho Issue: Both the garage floor as well as the driveway settled more than 6 inches causing an extreme trip hazard and a major inconvenience for access into the garage. Not only did the garage floor settle but there was a large void under it that needed to be filled as well. Polyflow…
Location: Nampa Idaho Issue: The homeowner built a retaining wall on the edge of their patio for privacy but the weight of the retaining wall caused the patio to settle on the outside and it caused the same slab to heave on the inside causing a trip hazard in the walking area. All of the…
Location: Idaho City Idaho Issue: During the initial concrete foundation construction phase the concrete contractor installed the sub-grade support piers 3 feet below the level they should have been installed. The ground level was brought up with road mix and compacted up to grade under the above grade roof support pillars and the 4 inch…
Issue: The homeowners front yard and front porch began to show holes and visual signs of settling and movement from their original finished grades and heights. During our initial on-site inspection some of the depressions were tested with a simple soil hand probe to a depth of approximately 5 feet. In the hand probed depressions…
Location: Garden Valley Idaho Issue: The property is located in a mountainous area. An area was cleared for a 16W x 32L shed. Large cement barrier blocks were brought in by the excavator before back filling the building site. The excavation contractor used native soil from the property for back fill material; the native soil…