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�. <br /> � <br /> I <br /> i <br /> � � <br /> ♦ Y �� <br /> . I <br /> � <br /> � �y � <br /> Q� H � <br /> ��� ( <br /> H X1 <br /> � <br /> �tl�i� � i <br /> ywH � <br /> xgt � (� � <br /> I�i H� 4 <br /> � � <br /> ��� <br /> H I <br /> sy JN 91322 <br /> t"H y Kelvin and Patti Barton page 5 ' <br /> �tn H october 22, 1991 � <br /> � <br /> o �� <br /> ��y c� ABS-O -N GRADE � <br /> The building floors maY be c o n s t r u c t e d a s s l a h s-o n-grade atop <br /> the sand soils followin� removal of the surf;.ce soils . The I <br /> subgrade soils must be in a firm, noncoft� areasc�encountered <br /> the time of slab construction. Any <br /> should be excavated and replaced with select imported <br /> st:uctural Pill • <br /> q� � slabs-on-grade should be underlain by a capillary break <br /> layer consisting of a minimum four (4) inch thickness of free- ' <br /> drainin� granuler structural fill with a gradation simiiar to <br /> that d� scussed later in PERMANENT FOUNDATIOh AND RETAI.�LLN� j <br /> WpLLS . In areas where the passage of moisture throuar. the . <br /> sl�b is undesirable, a vapor barrier such as a 6-mii piastic <br /> ` ' "�� mem�rane should be placed beneath the slab. <br /> ��, <br /> �. j I ` T FOUNDATION AND RET$�,NING WALLS <br /> 1 EES!lA.,� � <br /> ��.. Retaining walls backfilled o� ��e side only should be designed <br /> �� to resist lateral earth pressures imposed by the soils <br /> � reteined by these structures . The follow� ng recommended <br /> � design parameters are for walls less than twelve (12) feet in <br /> I '� height which restrain level beckfill : <br /> �„�I <br /> Design <br /> paramet Value <br /> �� Active Earth Pressure" 35 pcf <br /> Passive Earth Pressura 350� �cf <br /> Coefficient of Friction 120 pcf <br /> Soi 1 U�:i t V,eight <br /> ��� <br /> Where: <br /> � ) pcf is pounds per cubic foot <br /> I � 2) Active and passive earth pressures are <br /> � M � � computed using equivalent the fluid <br /> l " <br /> densities . <br /> " For restrained v�alls which cannot deflect et <br /> least U .002 times the wall hcight, a uniform <br /> lateral pressure of c^e hundred (100) psf <br /> should be added to the active equivalent <br /> fluid pressure. <br /> GEOTECH CONSULTAkTS , INC. <br />