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Geotechnical Report <br /> Proposed Student Housing: 931 Broadway Street, Everett, Washington <br /> December 8, 2015 <br /> conventional footings. The footings should bear on the dense to very dense, undisturbed <br /> native soil (glacial till) underlying the site, or on properly compacted structural fill placed <br /> on undisturbed native soil. <br /> Exterior foundation elements should be placed at a minimum depth of 18 inches below <br /> final exterior grade. Interior spread foundations should be placed at a minimum depth of <br /> 12 inches below the top of concrete slabs. <br /> - We recommend that a maximum allowable soil bearing pressure of 4,000 pounds per <br /> square foot (ps� be used for sizing foundation elements bearing on dense to very dense <br /> � native soil, or on structural fill. PanGEO should be retained to determine the adequacy of <br /> footing subgrade during construction. <br /> The recommended allowable soil bearing pressure is for dead plus live loads. For <br /> allowable stress design, the recommended bearing pressure may be increased by one- <br /> third for transient loading, such as wind or seismic forces. Continuous and individual <br /> spread footings should have minimum widths of 18 and 24 inches, respectively. <br /> Footings designed and constructed in accordance with the above recommendations <br /> should experience total settlement of less than one inch and differential settlement of less <br /> than '/2 inch. Most of the anticipated settlement should occur during construction as dead <br /> loads are applied. <br /> 4.2.1 Lateral Resistance <br /> Lateral loads on the structure may be resisted by passive earth pressure developed against <br /> the embedded portion of the foundation system and by frictional resistance between the <br /> - bottom of the foundation and the supporting subgrade soils. For footings bearing on the <br /> dense to very dense silty sand, a frictional coefficient of 0.35 may be used to evaluate <br /> - sliding resistance developed between the concrete and the subgrade soil. Passive soil <br /> resistance may be calculated using an equivalent fluid weight of 350 pcf, assuming <br /> foundations are backfilled with structural fill. The above values include a factor of safety <br /> of 1.5. Unless covered by pavements or slabs, the passive resistance in the upper 12 <br /> inches of soil should be neglected. <br /> 15-275 931 Broadway,Everett Page 6 P3ttCiE�, �I1C. <br />