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Recommended Practice for Geotechnical Explorations and Reports By Ron Kelm PREFACE This document has been developed by a group of Structural Engineers in southeast Texas with the goal to attain the geotechnical information they believe is necessary to adequately perform their structural designs. Their need for this document has been prompted by a large number…

Performance of Cardboard Carton Forms By David K. Isbell, P.E. Abstract: Cardboard carton forms (void boxes) are commonly used to form the void space between the bottom of grade beams and slabs over expansive soils. However, other than laboratory compression tests and 100% humidity tests, there is little documentation for the actual performance of these…