Case Studies
Commuter complaints to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) reported uneven lanes and large “bumps” along westbound Interstate 64 as it passes under...
The sidewalk surrounding the public restroom building at Northwest Park in Davenport, Iowa experienced differential settlement, evident by faulted slab sections at some of...
A ranch style, slab-on-grade duplex had a stable exterior foundation but poor slab support conditions on the interior. The worst slab settlement was measured at 2 ¾...
March 2009 -- The Abraham Lincoln High School was built in 1960 with construction consisting of poured concrete foundations, steel framing and masonry block walls. A renovation...
November 2009 -The Davis Residence, built in 1999, is a two-story home with an unfinished walkout basement. When the Davis family considered purchasing the home in February...
December 2010 - An addition was planned for the existing Verizon Data Center building. The addition would be located within the paved area north, east and west of the existing...
December 2010 - The Boulder Rural Fire Department planned to renovate an older office building to serve as a fire station. The project included construction of a new stair...
December 2009 Shortly after construction began on a home on Big Floyd Lake, the builder began to observe early warning signs of foundation settlement. Before continuing with...
July 2010 - The Crossing is a facility owned by The Wesley Foundation. In 2010, the building was to undergo a 1.6 million dollar renovation to include the construction of...
May 2009 - The Affinity Health Group Clinic is within a building having both a crawl space and full basement. Construction details include 12-inch-thick poured concrete foundation...
February 2010 - The Camelot Apartment Complex was constructed in 1977 and consists of 13 multi-unit buildings, each building with approximate plan dimensions of 220 feet by...
June 2009 - The Coyle home is a ranch-style home built in the 1960’s. The three bedroom ranch and one car garage were built on very poor soil conditions. Settlement...
September 2009 - The existing YMCA building was constructed in the 1970’s and generally consists of 12-foot high by 12-inch thick poured concrete foundation walls with...
January 2010- The renovation project for the Heatherwood Elementary School in Boulder, Colorado included repair work in an existing area of the building as well as the construction...
March 2009- The Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center owned land near a tributary of the Mississippi River where they planned to construct a cogeneration system, a system that...
