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GBA CASE HISTORY # 80
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Member-firm conducts geotechnical engineering report and provide construction observation services for a house developer. To save money manager physically observe the project and they decide to preload soft soil area instead of cut and fill process. Since the developer's construction company did not follow the recommendations, years later the homes had high levels of differential movement, leading to lengthy trials.
alternative dispute resolution; collapsible soils; CoMET; construction-material; engineering and testing; differential settlement; documentation; duty of care; geotechnical engineering; go/no-go analysis; housing developer; limitation of liability; Limitation of Liability: A Handbook for Design and Environmental Professionals, Second Edition; Limitation of Liability Case Index; litigation; mediation; oral agreements; panel-of-experts review; preloading; professionalism; soft soils; trier of fact
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