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Old Posted May 2, 2015, 8:08 AM
jngreenlee jngreenlee is offline
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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas View Post
It's called a mat foundation. Basically the gist that I got was that it creates a very heavy slab that distributes the weight evenly over a large area. It seems to be something that is favored in areas where water is present. I remember they also used a mat foundation for the new library.
Yup. You let the geotech engineers figure this out for you, and you be sure they're well paid too
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