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� �� <br />DAVID L. NELSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />Consulting Enginccrin� Gcolugy <br />Feb=ua=y 8, 1990 <br />Pcoject No. 0890 <br />Page 7 <br />2. All footing excavations should be pcepazed such that a <br />dense, nonyieldlnq, unlform sotl condltion has been <br />established pLiot to placemeut of footing conczete. <br />3. All footings should extend through any existing loose native <br />soil, non-stcuctuzal fill or modified zones and be placed <br />to beac a minimum of 18 inches belav Eintshed adjacent giade. <br />9. All footings should be sized accocding to the anticipated <br />voll oc column loadings, and the above soil beazing values. <br />Hinimum footing �idths of 19 and 20 inches ace zecommended <br />Eoz all continuous and isolated Eootings, cespectively. <br />: 5. All footings should be iree of ponded r+ater and sloughed oL <br />vater loosened solls pLioc to placemen: oE Eooting conctete. <br />Gzound settlements due to stcuctuzal loads should be less than one (1) inch <br />total and one-half (1/2) inch diEfecential ovec the building axea. An <br />incceased pot�ntial Eoz diffezential settlement should be anticipated fo= <br />footings founded on crt and fill. <br />We recommend that footing aceas be inspected by us ptioc to placement o£ <br />conccete to vetlfy that teacing soil type and condlttans ace consistent •aith <br />the [ecommendations of this zepoct. <br />Ducing peciods of vet veathei oc in satucated soil conditions, special <br />measuzes may be tequized to Eacilitate constzuction. :ntecim excavation <br />gcading should be sloped to pcevent ponding. It should be noted that the on- <br />site suzface soils and veathered zone matezials ace considexed hiqhly moistuLe <br />sensittve, and may tend to deteriocate if vocked during catny veathez o: in a <br />satuzated condition. Delays in const=uction activity may Lesult fiom a <br />deteciocated soil candition. If necessacy, the use of a covezing oE cLushed <br />zock or pit zun gravel ovez the subgzade soils to minimize distucbance and <br />soEtening af the beacing soils dut[ng constzuction. The thickness of the Lock <br />oc qcavel vill be dependent on the mateiial being pcotected, and its use. <br />Pressures On Subgzade Falls <br />The design lateial eacth pzessuces acting on cetaining va11s aie a funccion of <br />the type oE vall (Eoc example, yielding oz non-yielding), the method oE <br />