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Proposal for Geotechnical Engineering Services <br />{ Proposed Apartments: 1020 North Broadway, Everett, Washington <br />September 27, 2017 <br />4.2.2 Perimeter Footing Drains <br />Footing drains should be installed around the perimeter of the building, at or just below <br />the invert of the footings. Under no circumstances should roof downspout drain lines be <br />connected to the footing drain systems. Roof downspouts must be separately tightlined to <br />appropriate discharge locations. Cleanouts should be installed at strategic locations to <br />allow for periodic maintenance of the footing drain and downspout tightline systems. <br />4.2.3 Footing Subgrade Preparation <br />Our test borings encountered 2%2 to 5 feet of fill below the site. The planned excavation <br />to reach construction subgrade elevations should remove most of this fill. However, <br />there is a potential some localized areas of fill may still be present at the foundation <br />subgrade elevation, especially along the east side of the site, where the excavation will be <br />relatively shallow. <br />The fill is loose and would not be suitable for direct support of foundation loads. If fill is <br />encountered at the foundation subgrade elevation, the fill should be overexcavated and <br />replaced with structural fill. <br />All footing subgrade should be properly prepared and in a dense condition prior to setting <br />forms and placing reinforcing steel. Any loose or softened soil should be removed from <br />the footing excavations. The adequacy of the footing subgrade soils should be verified <br />by a representative of PanGEO, prior to placing forms or rebar. <br />4.3 FLOORS SLABS <br />The floor slabs for the proposed building may be constructed using conventional concrete <br />slab -on -grade floor construction. The floor slab should be supported on competent native <br />soil or on structural fill. Any over -excavations, if needed, should be backfilled with <br />structural fill. <br />Interior concrete slab -on -grade floors should be underlain by a capillary break consisting <br />of at least of 4 inches of pea gravel or compacted %-inch, clean crushed rock (less than 3 <br />percent fines). The capillary break material should meet the gradational requirements <br />provided in Table 2, next page. <br />17-233 1020 North Broadway Page 7 PanGEO, Inc. <br />