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Stabilizing a slab on grade foundation system requires a design approach that mirrors its original design principle. Since shallow bearing foundation systems are designed as single units, they must be repaired as single units. At a minimum, the remedial structural design should uniformly stabilize the entire foundation system so it can resume resisting the soil,
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Construction crews moved dirt to shore up a group of houses precariously perched on a crumbling hill in San Antonio on Monday as engineers tried to determine why the land below was shifting, causing dozens of homes to evacuate.
Gaping crevices, some 15 feet deep, cut across several yards as dirt cascaded into a
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When the forensic analysis of the earth movement and partial collapse of the retaining wall system in the Hills of Rivermist in Northwest San Antonio is complete, a clear picture of the cause and origin of what most residents of San Antonio rarely see: An apparent slope failure and retaining wall collapse. But did the
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