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Podcast: GBA Podcast
Episode: #5 - Case History - If the Bus Driver Doesn't Have a License, Get Off the Bus
Description: GBA Case History Series – Case History #5 - If the Bus Driver Doesn't Have a License, Get Off the Bus
Summary
An architect for a church retained a GBA member firm to perform a limited-scope geotechnical study for a federally funded retirement home. Only boring logs and a brief letter report to the structural engineer were needed for the design of a pile foundation. Unfortunately, the design was not within the budget and the structural engineer refused to change the design and withdrew from the project. The replacement structural engineer redesigned the foundations and satisfactory load te...