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. <br />April ]0, 2005 <br />Proposed Single-�amily Residence <br />L&A Job No. SA019 <br />Page 9 <br />to bc placed on slopes stceper than 15 percent grade should bc retained structurally. Sloping <br />ground excceding 15 percent grade over which fill is to be placed should be benched wiUi <br />vcrtica] steps no more thmi 4 feet high afier stripping of unsuitable surScial soils. Upon <br />completion, the sloping face of permnnent fill embankments should be thoroughly compacted to <br />a naryielding st�te with a hoe-pach. <br />Also, permanent cut or (ill slopcs should bc no stccper than 311:1 V�vithin 15 (eet of the building <br />footprinL 7�he abo��e recommended cut and fill slopes are under the assumption thal groundwatcr <br />scepage will not be encountered during conslruclion. If encotmtered, the construction �vork <br />should be immcdiatcly halted and ihc slopc stability ro-evaluated. Thc slopes may havc to bc <br />flatlened and other measures laken to stabili•r.c the slopes. Stonn runoff should uot he allowed to <br />flow uncontrolled over the top of cut or fill slopes. One or multiple liues of interecptor trench <br />dr�ins should bc inslallcd, as required, on thc uphill side of ihe areas to bc graded tc interccpt aud <br />safely drain away surfacc runoff and near-surf.•icc ground���ater ilow. Perntanent cut slopcs or fill <br />embankmenls shoidd be secdcd and vegetated as soon as possible for erosion proteclion and <br />long-lcrm stabilil}', and shoulcl bc covcred wilh plastic shcets, as rcquired, to proicct thcm from <br />crosion by storm���atcr until thc vcgclatiou is fully cstablishcd. <br />I;XCAVA'1'(ON SIIOl21NG <br />We eslimatcd lliat the consiniclion of the proposcd residcncc will require cuts to 15 fcel dcep or <br />morc. In areas whcre thcrc me i��suflicient spaces for sloped cuts, temporary shoring walls, in <br />combination wiU� slopcd cuts recommendcd abo��e, may be requir,:d for the exca��ation rctention. <br />[f requircd, wc recommcnd that tcmporary slioring walls be constructed of ca�;tilever soldier piles <br />�vith limber ]agging. It consists of discrete soldier piles spaced ttorntally at 6 to 8 feet on centers, <br />with timber boards laggcd betwcen tlie piles. 7'he soldier piles nrc composed of steel beams set <br />in drilled holes rilecl with Iemi concrele. 7'reated timber lagging bo�rds should be used for Qie <br />shoring walls if the shoring walls arc expectcd io ser��e t'or a duration mare than three months. <br />LIU & ASSOCIATCS, INC. <br />