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2009-11-02 Concrete loading:

The strength of concrete is measured in uniaxial compression on either a 4x8 right cylinder (small aggregate) or, for conventional 3/4 inch aggregate, a 6x12 right cylinder and refers to the strength after

2009-10-28 blasting and damaging vibrations:

A stop work order is pretty serious. Utilities continue to mis-apply conventional vibration criteria to underground installations, and gas companies get away with it more than other utilities because

2009-10-10 compaction of subsoil:

It does not sound like you have a very good base for your pool. It sounds like you need to slurry concrete the walls of sand to hold it in place. If you have a thin enough slurry, you could compact it

2009-10-05 Fordham Gneiss:

I can't give you many specifics without knowing how the rock is situated. If it is in a confined area, such as a trench or basement, it will be slower than if it is (for example) a side hill outcrop

2009-10-02 trying to get the estimate on construction of medical office:

The most accurate way would be to develop a preliminary concept plan of the space and have a contractor price it. There is also pricing guides like Means Construction costs data (sf costs) that may help