TCM123

Which of these loads is typically not considered for foundation design?

• Weight of furnishings.

• Roof weight.

• Hydrostatic pressure on basement walls

• Water in pipes.

Earth reinforcing can be an economical alternative to the use of:

• Caissons

• Rakers

• Conventional retaining walls

• Soil mixing

Slurry walls are associated with:

• Deep foundations

• Interior plaster partitions

• Fire-rated walls

• Grade beams

In what area of the country would you be most likely to find base isolators as part of a foundation system?

• Maine

• Florida

• Southern California

• Base isolators are not allowed by any of the building codes in the United States

Soldier beams and lagging are:

• Sheet piling

• A cast-in-place concrete forming system

• A shallow foundation

• A cladding system

Which of the following deals with strengthening and/or stabilizing foundations of existing buildings?

• Bentonite slurry

• Caissons

• Underpinning

• Well points

The item shown in the accompanying sketch is a synthetic rubber material. what is it called.

• Waterstop

• Underpinning wedge

• Base isolator

• Well point

An inadequate waterproofing method for a basement is:

• Adding sheet membranes to the outside of the walls

• Relying on the watertightness of the concrete walls and floor

• Waterproofing between the excavation and basement walls

• Adding integral waterproofing to concrete when it is mixed

One side of a building's footing rests on clay and the other side rests on dense sand/gravel blend. The type of settlement you would expect is likely to be:

• Uniform settlement

• Sandy-clay settlement

• Differential settlement

• Clay-sand settlement

Which of the following is NOT a method of bracing vertical sheeting in a deep excavation?

• Tiebacks

• Well points

• Rakers

• All of the above are methods of bracing vertical sheeting