3610 W MUKILTEO BLVD Geotech Report 2022-10-25

Geotechnical Engineering Evaluation NGA File No. 1129119 Zahler Residence Development October 14,2019 Everett,Washington Page 8 Foundations Conventional shallow spread foundations should be placed on medium dense or better native bearing soils, or be supported on structural fill or rock spalls extending to those soils. Medium dense soils should be encountered approximately two to three feet below ground surface based on our explorations. Where undocumented fill or less dense soils are encountered at footing bearing elevation,the subgrade should be over-excavated to expose suitable bearing soil. The over-excavation may be filled with structural fill, or the footing may be extended down to the competent native bearing soils. If footings are supported on structural fill, the fill zone should extend outside the edges of the footing a distance equal to half of the depth of the over-excavation below the bottom of the footing. Footings should extend at least 18 inches below the lowest adjacent finished ground surface for frost protection and bearing capacity considerations. Foundations should be designed in accordance with the 2018 IBC. Footing widths should be based on the anticipated loads and allowable soil bearing pressure. Water should not be allowed to accumulate in footing trenches. All loose or disturbed soil should be removed from the foundation excavation prior to placing concrete. For foundations constructed as outlined above,we recommend an allowable bearing pressure of not more than 2,000 pounds per square foot(psf)be used for the design of footings founded on the medium dense or better native soils or structural fill extending to the competent native material. The foundation bearing soil should be evaluated by a representative of NGA. We should be consulted if higher bearing pressures are needed. Current IBC guidelines should be used when considering increased allowable bearing pressure for short-term transitory wind or seismic loads. Potential foundation settlement using the recommended allowable bearing pressure is estimated to be less than 1-inch total and %2-inch differential between adjacent footings or across a distance of about 20 feet, based on our experience with similar projects. Lateral loads may be resisted by friction on the base of the footing and passive resistance against the subsurface portions of the foundation. A coefficient of friction of 0.35 may be used to calculate the base friction and should be applied to the vertical dead load only. Passive resistance may be calculated as a triangular equivalent fluid pressure distribution. An equivalent fluid density of 200 pounds per cubic foot (pcf) should be used for passive resistance design for a level ground surface adjacent to the footing. This level surface should extend a distance equal to at least three times the footing depth. These recommended values incorporate safety factors of 1.5 and 2.0 applied to the estimated ultimate values for frictional and passive resistance, respectively. To achieve this value of passive resistance, the foundations should be poured"neat" against the native medium dense soils or compacted fill should be used as backfill against the front of the footing. We recommend that the upper one foot of soil be neglected when calculating the passive resistance. NELSON GEOTECHNICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.