I am going to take the October California Geotechnical Exam (not the PE exam). Can someone give me some suggestions on how to prepare for this exam? Thanks.
Thanks for the reply. I am not sure why the design team want to build the wall first.
In the reality, geotechnical is not included in the design team 90% of the time. Just my 2 cents.
Combination is a good idea. But you need to use two subcontractors. It may cost more.
To place geogrids on top of the swamp and add 7 to 8 feet of fill sounds simple and direct. But I don't have any experience.
I need to deal with a swamp area in a roadway project. The swamp area is about 100 feet long along the center line of the proposed road. The groundwater is near surface. A test pit performed in this area found about 7 to 8 feet of dark gray, very soft/loose alluvial soils (ML/SM) with trace...
After discussing with the structural engineer, I finally figured out what he needs. Basically, they want to build a MSE wall first, then install drilled piers near the toe of the MSE. The center line of drilled piers is 4.5 feet away from the face of the MSE wall. The diameter of the drilled...
Drilled piers will be installed near a new MSE wall. I know how to analyze the additional horizantal stress on the wall caused by the weight of the installation equipment. But how to analyze the influence (installation process, vibration) of the piers on the wall? What's the typical spacing...
