When construction began next door, my biggest worry was noise and disruption. Instead, it’s having to keep repeating “this isn’t your house, this isn’t your issue” as the builders cut corner after corner. After discovering “soft soils” they ran a vibratory compactor back and forth a few times in some of the already-dug foundation trenches, the. proceeded to pump the concrete for the footings. As a geologist who minored in geotechnical engineering, I’m horrified, but… this isn’t my house…
@cassandra17lina erm... aren't you out towards the coast?
@researchbuzz Yup, and our soils - such as they are - are a mix of sand, dredge spoils, and all the other materials nobody else wanted.
@cassandra17lina I am not a geologist, but I've read enough about climate change and changes to coastal groundwater to have an immediate, visceral reaction:
@researchbuzz I am a geologist with nearly 40 years of subsurface project experience and I’ve built a couple of houses and published 12 articles about home construction and I can assure you that a sprinkling of holy water into the trenches would have been just as effective.