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Podcast: GBA Podcast
Episode: #41 - Case History - Don't Worry. We Don't Plan to Build There
Description: GBA Case History Series – Case History #41 - Don't Worry. We Don't Plan to Build There
Summary
The Member Firm performed a geotech study for a housing development and observed grading of the site during the construction of ten buildings. Six years after construction, the developer built two additional units but, because the Member Firm could not provide a representative to monitor the earthwork construction, they recommended another geotech firm. The second geotech firm monitored the placement of at least four feet of fill but without reviewing the Member Firm’s report. Four years after the seco...