Bargain Basements

New building code standard, ACI 332, offers builders a better alternative for building concrete basement foundations.

Associated Soil and Foundation Engineers

Associated Soil and Foundation Engineers (ASFE) was formally launched in 1969 to identify the causes of professional liability claims and losses and to develop programs and materials to help geoprofessionals avoid such exposures in the future.

 

Foundation

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    Working With Helical Piers (Subscriber content)

    Engineered steel piles are an affordable foundation option for small jobs and tricky sites

     
  • 84 Lumber Fights Four-Year Battle Over Claims of Shoddy Construction

    A builder’s ongoing four-year dispute with 84 Lumber over allegedly shoddy construction has killed a personal as well as a business relationship.

     
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    Case Study: Starting Over in the Lower Ninth Ward

    The Make It Right Foundation seeks a better approach to creating sustainable neighborhoods in New Orleans.

     
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    Tech Spec: Clay Nation

    If you've ever visited Texas, you know that the state?and everything in it?is really, really big. But did you know that Texas gets bigger? Every time it rains.

     
  • How and why Modular homes work in coastal areas or those at risk of flooding

    Overcome coastal flooding worries by using factory-built homes.

     
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    Time-Savers

    The building process is inherently slow, but here are some products and systems that can help you shave days off your schedule.

     
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    Pour It On: Special How-To Feature

    WHEN TEMPERATURES dip toward freezing, building officials routinely shut down foundation work

     
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    Closing the Crawl

    Q: When a home is built over a crawlspace foundation, what are the advantages, if any, of sealing the vents versus leaving them open?

     
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    Betting the House

    SATURDAY, JUNE 11, WAS A DAY of great fanfare at Oak Creek Elementary School in Irvine, Calif. For amid the food, family games, and entertainment, nearly 4,500 people gathered, tickets in hand-hoping they'd win the Irvine Public School Foundation's (IPSF) "$Half-Million Dollar$" House Raffle.

     
  • Freeze Out

    Frost-protected shallow foundations can be incorporated into slab-on-ground construction, but it can also be used for stem wall, floating slab, and unvented crawl space foundations.