ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark...
Transcript of ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark...
![Page 1: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
ASBA Technical MeetingNew Orleans, LADecember 3, 2017
Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark CompaniesKen Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & DevelopmentTodd Smith, P.E., LEED-AP, CFB; Academy Sports Turf
![Page 2: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
• WHAT’S THE GOAL OF THE REPORT?
• WHAT’S “BOILER PLATE” VS ANSWERS WE NEED?
• WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS TO ASK?
• WHAT’S UNIQUE TO FIELD CONSTRUCTION?
• GET TO THE POINT
![Page 3: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
• IS THE ON SITE SOIL(S) SUITABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION?
• IF NOT SUITABLE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IS SUITABLE?
![Page 4: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
• 1. 6-12 BORINGS TO 15-FT OR AUGERREFUSAL
• 2. CLASSIFY ACCORDING TO AASHTOINCLUDING GROUP INDEX #
•3. REPORT CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO•4. REPORT SWELL OR CONSOLIDATION
ON SAMPLES THAT MAY REQUIRE IT•5. TEST PERCOLATION RATE IN SITU•6. COMMENT ON SUITABILITY FOR SLAB-ON-GRADE CONSTRUCTION
•7. IF INSTALLING POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE = see 2-pg handout next slides
![Page 5: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
•
![Page 6: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
•
![Page 7: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
• 1. 6-12 BORINGS TO 15-FT OR AUGERREFUSAL
• 2. CLASSIFY •3. REPORT CBR•4. REPORT SWELL •5. TEST PERC•6. SUITABILITY•7. PT CONCRETE?
![Page 8: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
•
![Page 9: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
• WHO, WHAT
•WHEN, WHERE
• & SOMETIMES “WHY” (WHAT IS BEING BUILT)
![Page 10: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
• “TEST SOILS AT ____
• “TO CONSTRUCT ____
• “RUN _____ TESTS
• “CLASSIFY USING_____
• “RECOMMEND _____
![Page 12: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
• U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE = A, B, C, D
![Page 13: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
• U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE GROUPS AS… A, B, C, or D
•A = SAND OR SANDY LOAMHIGH INFILTRATION
•B = SILT OR SILT LOAMMODERATE INFILTRATION
•C = SANDY CLAY LOAMSLOW INFILTRATION
•D = CLAYVERY SLOW INFILTRATION
![Page 14: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
• U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE GROUPS AS… A, B, C, or D
• IF YOU KNOW HYDRAULIC SOILS GROUPS ON SITE THEN
•IT HELPS DETERMINE TESTING LOCATIONS
•REFER TO STATE REG’S FORREQ’D NUMBER OF TESTS/SF
•STATE MAY ALSO REQUIRE BUFFER ABOVE WATER TABLE
![Page 15: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
• U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE GROUPS AS… A, B, C, or D
• MANY STATES REQUIRE AMINIMUM INFILTRATIONRATE
•SOILS GROUP “D” DOESNOT MEET MINIMUMS
![Page 16: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
• CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO “CBR”
![Page 17: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
• CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO “CBR”
![Page 18: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
• UNIFIED SOILS CLASSIFICATION “UCS” = sands, clays, etc.
![Page 19: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
• ATTERBERG LIMITS = almost always run & charted
![Page 20: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
• “GRAIN SIZE” = GRAPH OF SIEVES= PERCENT PASSING
OR PERCENT RETAINED
• MAY HAVE AVERAGEDIAMETERS
![Page 21: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
• SHOWS BORING LOCATIONS AND NUMBERS
![Page 22: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
• SHOW TYPE OF SOIL TOP TO BOTTOM OF EACH BORE
![Page 23: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
• CLASSIFICATION (AASHTO, UCS, CBR)•RECITE SOME DATA FROM
TESTS• DESCRIBE SOIL PREP NEEDED* REMOVE TOPSOIL?* DEWATER?* REMOVE & REPLACE TO 8”?* REWORK TOP 24”?* LIME OR CEMENT?
![Page 24: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
![Page 25: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
• UP TO 90% OF THE CONTENT IS JUST DATAUSED TO MAKE GRAPHS
• FOCUS ON:A. ROCK? OR SUITABLE SOIL? B. SOIL TO REMOVE/REPLACE?C. METHODS TO PREP IT.D. WATER TABLE?
![Page 26: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
![Page 27: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
• CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIOS OF > 20?, > 50?• MINIMIZE FREEZE/THAW DIFFERENTIAL MOVEMENT? • DON’T BUILD ON PEAT, ORGANICS, SOILS WITH SWELL OR CONSOLIDATION ABOVE 1%, OR NON-HOMOGENIOUS SOILS.• ASK GEOTECH ENGINEER TO “COMMENT ON SUITABILITY FOR SLAB-ON-GRADE CONSTRUCTION AS IF YOU WERE BUILDING A PARKING LOT.
![Page 28: ASBA Technical Meeting Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark ... · Jim Catella, P.E., CFB, CTB; Clark Companies. Ken Schmidt, P.E., KWS Engineering & Development. ... TEST PERCOLATION](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022022801/5c757cbe09d3f2941e8b9a3c/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)