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Foun dat io n Rep ai r & Wat er p r oof ing

garage and the underground Storm Water Detention Vault. All of the video

inspection data is included later in this report.

As you will see in the Geotechnical Report from Chattahoochee Consulting

Group. On 11/4/16 the efforts to use “Hand Augers” to collect samples were

not completely successful due to large and numerous rock fragments in the

areas being tested. So, we returned on 11/11/16 with Drilling Equipment

capable of advancing drill augers to the required depths.

The preliminary findings if this investigation indicate that some of the

settlement conditions are the result of as much as 25’ of marginally placed

fill soil. This fill soil is consolidating into small voids within itself and

causing surface structures (walls, pavements, etc.) constructed at the surface

to settle.

Based on our findings, it appears that the settlement conditions of the surface

structures can be stabilized against future settlements using a combination of

Foundation Underpinning and Pressure (Injection) Grouting for Soil

Stabilization. We recommend Underpinning the Heavier Loaded Structures

with Foundation Piers (Piles) and Stabilizing the fill soil within the whole

affected area with Injection Grouting. I am attaching a Sectional Detail of

both of these services along with some photographs of the resulting signs of

significant settlement of the surface structures.

Foundation Underpinning is a process which extends the load of a structure

deeper into the subgrade to Bedrock or a Dense Soil Strata capable of

supporting the load requirements of said structure(s). This is performed by

exposing the foundation of a structure, preparing it, mounting large steel

brackets to the foundation and driving steel piers into the ground until they

reach material that can support the loads above. The Pier is then

mechanically attached to the foundation bracket and the structure becomes

secure and stable.