[GSBN] Creative, open minded soil engineer in California?

[Art Ludwig-Oasis Design]

Oops…I see I was not clear: I’m pretty sure we have a working design already, what we’re looking for is someone with the skill to verify compliance with code requirements and the imagination to sign off on it. 

 (The mult-function, mulit-benefit foundation is a giant hollow, live-in grade beam. It is  essentially a 11,000 gallon ferrocement water tank built to the structural specifications of a 100,000 gallon water tank (that’s 400 tons of water) to make it bomb-proof enough to build a 27 ton, 1.5 story cob house on top of it. I don’t think it needs compacted soil to keep it from cracking; you could probably push it down a big, long hill and it might not crack til it hit the bottom.)


> On Apr 28, 2018, at 2:32 AM, Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk> wrote:
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> Screw piles?
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> Regards, Dave
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> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:22:10 -0700
> Art Ludwig-Oasis Design <oasis at oasisdesign.net> wrote:
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>> Anyone have a suggestion for a creative, open minded soil engineer in
>> California?
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>> We’re looking to build without over excavating and compacting, which
>> is pretty alien to practice here in Santa Barbara. (Ok, just a little
>> thumping in the bottom of the hole, maybe)
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>> We already have a soil test and the soil at the depth we are reaching
>> (8’) has the bearing capacity to support the structure in its native
>> state, without compaction.
>> 
>> The quality of the soil is astonishing; it is perfect for growing
>> things and we don’t want to mess it up. 
>> 
>> Yours,
>> 
>> Art
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