Each year, billions of dollars in damage to building foundations and structures is caused by shrinking and swelling behavior caused by clay soil. In fact, expansive clay soil is the most predominant ...

Unknown to many home shoppers, a hidden menace lies beneath the rolling plains and hills of Rapid City. Expansive soils alternately shrink and swell during dry and wet spells. The result: shifting ...

There's unstable soil, called expansive soil, under homes in Colorado. ... said it can move a home or commercial building anywhere from 6 to 18 inches if the soil isn't treated properly.

Poor sub-soil drainage is not just a nuisance – it is a serious structural hazard. In water-rich regions like Durban, where ...

Long a hot topic in James City County, the problem of “shrink-swell” soil recently has expanded to statewide discussions. The Virginia Housing Study Commission has formed a subcommittee… ...

As an engineering geologist and building control expert, I have seen too many projects where soil integrity was ignored, leading to cracks, tilting, and complete structural collapse.

The building expert said floating walls are typically found in basements. "If you build a rigid wall right on the slab and the ground shifts, the whole load transfers through the studs into the ...