Cornell Engineers
A soil test on your property is used to help structural engineers get some information about the soil on your block. The information in a soil test is used by a structural engineer to design the footings or foundations for your new house or house extension. Structural engineers need to know if there are any […]
Slab Heave in Melbourne A recent article by Simon Yohanson in The Age, Melbourne has highlighted the ongoing problem faced by homeowners as slab heave hits Melbourne. “Thousands of suburban homeowners facing financial ruin.
What is Slab Heave? Slab heave occurs in a house concrete slab when the ground moves more than your slab can stand. Waffle slabs and raft slabs are both intended to moderate this ground movement to acceptable limits. The slab doesn’t normally crack, but if the movement in the slab is more than the brickwork […]
Which type of residential slab system should you choose if you want fewer slab cracks in your house slab? Should you choose a waffle slab or a conventional raft footing and slab when building a new house? Does it even matter if your house slab cracks? Before we get started, we need to understand what […]