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GeoTest Services,Inc. November 16,2018 <br /> North Puget Sound Behavioral Health—Treatment Center Addition Job No. 18-0770 <br /> Site Class Definition I <br /> For structures designed using the seismic design provisions of the 2015 International <br /> Building Code, the underlying till soils interpreted to underlie the site within the upper 100 <br /> feet classifies as Site Class D according to 2010 ASCE -7 Standard — Table 20.3-1, Site <br /> Class Definitions. The corresponding values for calculating a design response spectrum <br /> for the assumed soil profile type is considered appropriate for the site. I <br /> Please use the following values for seismic structural design purposes: <br /> Conterminous 48 States—2015 International Building Code <br /> Zip Code 98201 <br /> Central Latitude = 48.005478, Central Longitude = -122.192360 I <br /> Short Period (0.2 sec) Spectral Acceleration <br /> Maximum Considered Earthquake (MCE) Value of Ss= 1.248 (g) <br /> Site Response Coefficient, Fa= 1.001 (Site Class D) <br /> Adjusted spectral response acceleration for Site Class D, SMs = Ssx Fa = 1.249 (g) <br /> Design spectral response acceleration for Site Class D, SDS = 2/3 x SMs= 0.833 (g) I <br /> One Second Period (1 sec) Spectral Acceleration <br /> Maximum Considered Earthquake (MCE)Value of Si = 0.476 (g) <br /> Site Response Coefficient, Fv= 1.524 (Site Class D) <br /> Adjusted spectral response acceleration for Site Class D, SMi = Si x Fv = 0.725 (g) <br /> Design spectral response acceleration for Site Class D, So, = 2/3 x SM1 = 0.484(g) ' <br /> Foundation Support and Settlement <br /> We recommend that all footing locations be placed on dense to very dense native soil, ' <br /> which was found shallowly at about 1-foot BGS across most exploration locations at the <br /> project site. We recommend that all topsoil, organic soil, existing fill soils, or deleterious <br /> material be removed from below footing areas. We recommend recompaction and proof <br /> rolling along with verification by a GTS representative of all building foot print area soils <br /> prior to placement of foundation elements. GTS should be present during site stripping <br /> activities to confirm the removal of the topsoil or any potential unsuitable soil from <br /> construction areas. <br /> Foundation support for the proposed improvements may be provided by continuous or <br /> isolated spread footings founded on proof-rolled or recompacted, undisturbed, firm and <br /> unyielding glacial till soils or on properly compacted structural fill placed directly over firm <br /> and unyielding glacial till. <br /> In areas requiring overexcavation to competent soils, the limits of the overexcavation <br /> should extend laterally beyond the edge of each side of the footing a distance equal to the <br /> depth of the fill. If structural fill is used to backfill the overexcavation, the limits of the <br /> overexcavation need only extend a nominal distance beyond the width of the footing. <br /> All continuous and isolated spread footings should be founded a minimum of 18 inches I <br /> below the lowest adjacent final grade for freeze/thaw protection. <br /> Page 8 of 17 <br />