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Drainage Failure: Cause and Repair

Residential ground surface storm drain systems must transport excess moisture away from designated areas where excess water would otherwise prevent the normal use of a residential property.   If rainfall is allowed to pond or collect adjacent to a structure built on expansive soil, the structure may be subjected to unscheduled distress caused by swelling bearing

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Slab on Grade Foundation Stabilization: Structural vs. Non-Structural

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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Homes Evacuated in San Antonio as Hill Crumbles

Associated Press/SyFi.com/2010-01-26 08:00:00

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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