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GI:O'fL'CIIMCAL GNGINf:GRING RGPOR"1' <br />SOILS INVBSTIGA9'ION <br />roa �G �c�q - f� 3 G <br />301913ur1 Placc, livcrctt WA <br />INTRODUC110N <br />l�his rcpart is bcing providcd to asccrtain thc causc for movcment of thc housc locatcd at 3019 <br />13ur1 Placc in thc I:vcrctt, WA. �'his rcport will pro��idc cxisting conditions, a soil cxpluration, <br />anJ an analysis of findings with rccommcndntions fix corccctivc a:tion. <br />13ACKGROUND <br />� I1C SIII COIISIS�S 0�:1 SII16Il' Pamily residencc IocatcJ at thc top of a bluff in thc Vallcy Vicw <br />Ncighborhood in the City of I:vercu as sho�an on the attachcd vicinity map (Pigure I). The <br />slructurc was built in 1974 and lic� approximatcly 10-15 fcct from thc top of thc slopc. 7'hc <br />parccl slopcs gcnQy do���n from thc strccl whcrc it bccomcs stccp (IH:I V in somc placcs) nt thc <br />��n ora,� tii���. �ri,� ��an�ny� �� ����„���iy slopcd �ti�ith mcdium dcnsr to densc ecgctation. 'l�hc <br />structurc lics on thc southem cnd of thc parccl. <br />Ovcr thc past sc��cral ycars, thc housc has cxpericnccs cpisodcs of movcmcnt. Sclticmcnt was <br />lirsl obscrved in .lanuary 200C following hcavy rains in Dcccmber 2005. Addilional movement <br />was also notcd in an two scparatc o�casions follo�eing a significant wcathcr cvcnt (rninfall in <br />Oclobcr/No��ctnbcr 2007 and snow in Dccemhcr 2008). <br />"I�hc housc has sho��-n signs of ��crtical movcment at Ihc north«csl corncr of thc housc and thc <br />h�v «�cslcrn nwsl culumns in thc housc inlcrior. As a result of thc sctUcmcnt. thc housc also <br />sho���s signs of tilting to��arJs Ilic dircction of sctdcntcnL'I'his is apparcnt by thc gaps that exisl <br />bcl��ccn thc dri��c��;iy anJ cnlry stairs anJ thc c�tcrior walls on thc south sidc of thc housc. <br />Minor cracking wilhin thc fi�undation wall predating Q�c setticmcnt �eas notcd (infill matcrial <br />��•ithin thc cracks inJicalc olJcr cracks). 1'hrcc ncw cra� �s wcrc notcd in Ihc foundation wall as <br />���cll as scvrral cracks anJ crumbling of thc concrGc in thc li�undatiun at thc nortlnvcst comer of <br />thc liousc. <br />Scvcr.il cracks :ind stuck �cindu���s arc app:�rcnt thruughout thc housc. 'I�hc inlcrior columns ha��c <br />also srtticd dittcrcntialh frum thc c�tcrior tiwndation. 'I hr garagc slab has scvcral hcavy cracks <br />and h:is thr grcatcst aiuuunt uf sr�Ucinrnt in Ihc midJlc. <br />/John Vicente, 3019 [lurl Place, Everett. WA 98203 425 353-4517 Page 1 of 5 � <br />