So Your Home Is Built on Expansive Soils: A Discussion of How Expansive Soils Affect Buildings - Softcover

 
9780784401095: So Your Home Is Built on Expansive Soils: A Discussion of How Expansive Soils Affect Buildings
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0784401098 ISBN 13: 9780784401095
Verlag: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

This committee report was prepared by the Shallow Foundation Committee of the Geotechnical Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The purpose of this book is to assist homeowners in understanding why expansive soils shrink and heave and how excessive shrinking and heaving can be moderated. It also attempts to define the difference between cosmetic damage and structural damage resulting from expansive soil movement. The information is presented in two parts. Part one discusses the characteristics of expansive soils and how they affect buildings while the second part includes the questions most frequently asked by persons who have, or are building, homes on expansive soils and the answers they seek.

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This committee report was prepared by the Shallow Foundation Committee of the Geotechnical Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The purpose of this book is to assist homeowners in understanding why expansive soils shrink and heave and how excessive shrinking and heaving can be moderated. It also attempts to define the difference between cosmetic damage and structural damage resulting from expansive soil movement. The information is presented in two parts. Part one discusses the characteristics of expansive soils and how they affect buildings while the second part includes the questions most frequently asked by persons who have, or are building, homes on expansive soils and the answers they seek.

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Verlag
American Society of Civil Engineers
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0784401098
ISBN 13 
9780784401095
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
65
Herausgeber
Wray Warren K.
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