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DAILY FIELD REPORT
LIU & ASSOCIATES, INC. BA039
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19213 Kenlake Place NE
Kenmore, Washington 99029
Phone: (425) 483-9134 Fax- (425) 486-2746
J. Liu 1 1 of 1
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At the request by Rudy with Universal Land Company, I come on site today to evaluate cut bank stabititrand f t
footing bearing soils for the construction of the stormwater detention vault located near the northwest corner of the
sub'ect ro'ect site. At the time of my site visit, the vaul�it has been cut down about 10 to 11 feet to at or within
inches of the finish sub�de soils below the floor slab. The cut banks are sloped at about 1H:1for the top 5 to 5.5 -_
feet and are vertical for the bottom 4.5 to 5 feet. The cut banks encountered about 3 to 4 feet off fill and/or brown
Weathered till of medium -dense silty fine send with a trace of gravel, underlain b a rater fresh till deposit of weekly-_
cemented, silty fine sand with some gravel and occasional cobble to bottom of the pit�A ditch is being cut along the
base of the cut banks to intercept groundwater seep�e, but the�it has not encountered any groundwater seepage.
The cut banks appear to be quite stable without any soil erosion or slow hing. A steel T-bar manual{y pushed into the
footing bearing fresh till soils at bottom of the pit can penetrate no more than an inch or two, indicating the soils are
very dense.
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Based on our observation and�bing of the bearing soils, it is our opinion that the cut banks of the vault i�i be able
to remain stable for the duration of construction for the detention vault, and that it will safe for construction work
to access or work in the vault pit. Army loose disturbed soils within footing trenches of the vault should be thoroughly
removed down to undisturbed native fresh till soils. If this is accom lished, it is m opinion that the footin bearing soils
will be able to render an allowable bearin capac' of at least 6,000 sf.
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DAILY FIELD REPORT
LIU & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Job o.
8A039
Field Kep.
J. Liu
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Gcotechnrcal Engineering, Enginecring Geology & Earth Science
Miles
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Time On Site
9:05A
Date
1/21/2009
Day of Week
Wed.
19213 Kenlake Place NE
Kenmore, Washington 98028
Phone: (425) 483-9134 Fax: (425) 486-2746
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Willowdale Townhomes
Jo Location
20628 - 76th Avenue W, Edmonds
Client
Murphy Building Co.
General Contractor
Murphy Building Co.
General Contractor Project Manager
Terry Murphy
Received Unchecked By
Eantwm* Contractor
Universal Land Construction Co. 1
Piling Contractor Supt.
Rudy
Received Checked By
At the request by Rudy with Universal Land Company, I come on site today to observe condition of the exposed soils
in the pit created by demolition and removal of the building with a basement which used to occupy about the eastern
one-third of the site The pit is about 80 feetby 80 feet at the top and about 10 to 12 feet deep with about 1 H: i V to
1-1/2HAV cut banks around from top to bottom of the pit. The bottom of the pit is excavated into a gravelly, silty,
fine to coarse sand deposit Groundwater is not encountered by the pit A steel T-bar manually pushed into the
bottom of the pit can penetrate no more than 3 to 4 Inches, indicating the soils at bottom of the pit are dense to very
dense.
A stockpile of crushed concrete, brick and asphalt fragments, from demolished building onsite, intermixed with soils,
is stored at the southwest corner of the site. The material of this stockpile, to be used to backfill the excavated pit,
is relatively clean, but contains minor amount of crushed parficles larger 4 inches and roots and branches. To be
used as backfill of the pit, the particles larger than 4 inches and the organic material in the stockpile should be
removed as much as possible. The exposed soils at the bottom and cut banks of the pit should be compacted
thoroughly to a non -yielding state with a vibratory mechanical compactor and/or a hoe -pack before placing the first
lift of backfill. The backfill should be pkamd in lifts no more than 10 inches in loose state, with each lift compacted
with a vibnatory compactor to a non -yielding state and required density. Backfill along edges and at comers should
be thorough!thorough!y compacted. It is important that backfill of the pit should be properly compacted in order to prevent
settlement and structural damage to buildings and mwdway pavement to be constructed over the backfill.
Since there are soils intermixed with the crushed concrete, brick and asphalt particles, it is my opinion that the filter
fabric liner oqq1nally recommended to cover the top of the backfill may be eliminated. The top of the backfill should
still be covered with a minimum 18 inch layer of mrn acted impervious soils to seal off the backfill and "his sealer
layer should be extended at least 2 feet beyond edges of the backfill. 4-1
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DAILY FIELD REPORT
LIU & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Job No.
8A039
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J. Liu
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Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology & Earth Science
Miles
30
Time On Site
2:45P
Date
2/2/2009
Day of Week
Mon_
19213 Kenlake Place NE
Kenmore, Washington 98028
Phone: (425) 483-9134 Fax: (425) 486-2746
Travel Time (Hrs)
0.75
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3:15P
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125
Visitors
Project
Willowdale Townhomes
Job I tion
20628 - 76th Avenue W, Edmonds
Glient
Murphy BuildingCo.
tract General Contractor
Murphy Building Co.
General Contractor Project Manager
Terry.Murphy
Received Unchecked By
Earthwork Contractor
Universal Land Construction Co.
Piling Contractor Supt.
Rudy
Received Checked By
At the request by Rudy with Universal Land Company, I come on site today to evaluate cut bank stability and verify
footing beadnq soils for the construction of the stormwater detention vault located near the northwest corner of the
subject project site. At the time of my site visit, the vat,lt pit has been cut down about 10 t:, 11 feet to at or within
inches of the finish Subgrade soils below the floor slab. The cut banks are sloped at about 1HAVforthetop 5 to 5.5
feet and are vertical for the bottom 4.5 to 5 feet. The cut banks encountered about 3 to 4 feet of fill and/or brown
weathered till of medium -dense silty fine sand with a trace of gravel, underlain by a gray fresh till deposit of weak -
cemented, silty fine sand with some gravel and occasional cobble to bottom of the pit A ditch is being cut along the
base of the cut banks to intercept groundwater seepage, but the pit has not encountered any groundwater seepage.
The cut banks appear to be quite stable without any soil erosion or sloughing. A steel T-bar manually pushed into the
footing bearing fresh till soils at bottom of the pit can penetrate no more than an inch or two, indicating the soils are
very dense.
Based on our observation and probing of the bearing soils, it is our opinion that the cut banks of the vault pit will be able
to remain stable for the duration of construction for the detention vault, and that it will safe for construction workers
to access or work in the vault pft. Any loose disturbed soils within footing trenches of the vault should be thoroughly
removed down to undisturbed native fresh till soils. If this is a=m lished, it is my opinion that the footing bearing soils
will be able to render an allowable bearing capacity of at least 6,000 psf.
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Willowdale Townhomes
20828 - 76th Avenue W. Edmonds
Murphy Building Co.
General Contractor
General Contractor Project Manager
Received Unchecked By
Murphy Building Co.
Terry Mur h
Earthwork Contractor
Piling Contractor Supt.
Received Checked By
Universal Land Construction Co.
-Rudy
At the request by Rudy with Universal Land Company, I come on site today to evaluate cut bank stability and verify
footing bearing soils for the construction of the stormwater detention vault located at the east end of the sub'ect
project site. At the time of my site visit, the vault pit has already been cut down about 11 to 12 feet to the finish
subgrade soils below the floor slab and footing foundations. The cut banks are sloped at about 1H:1V for the top 4 to
7 feet and are vertical for the bottom 4.5 to 6 feet. The cut banks inn the northern half of the vault pit encountered
about 3 to 4 feet of brown weathered till of medium -dense silty fine sand with a trace of gravel underlain by a ray
fresh till deposit of weakly -cemented, silty fine sand with some gravel and occasional cobble to bottom of the pit,
while the southern half of the vault pit encountered structural fill of silty fine sand with gravel and occasional cobble to _
the bottom of the pit. A ditch is being cut along the base of the cut banks to intercept groundwater seepage, but the
pit has not encountered any groundwater seepage.
The cut banks appear to be quite stable without any soil erosion or sloughing. A steel T-bar manually pushed into the _
footing bearing soils at bottom of the pit can penetrate no more than an inch into the fresh till deposit and about 1.5 to
3 inches into the structural fill, indicating the fresh till soils are very dense and the structural fill dense.
Based on our observation andprobing of the bearing soils, it is our opinion that the cut banks of the vault pLit will be able
to remain stable for the duration of construction for the detention vault, and that it will safe for construction workers
to access or work in the vault pit. Any loose disturbed soils within footing trenches of the vault should be thorough*
removed down to undisturbed native fresh till soils. If this is accomplished, it is my opinion that the fooflno bearing soils
will be able to render an allowable bearing capacity of at least 4,000 psf.
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