An ad hoc subcommittee with chair Al Bustamante was sanctioned by the committee July 2007 and held its first meeting 7 November 07. The paper passed FPA peer review and was published 29 November 2010 as Revision 0. The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chair Al Bustamante and members Gerard Duhon, Denis Hanys, Ron Kelm, Gerald Lowe, Bob Newman, Michael Skoller, George Wozny and Nicole Wylie, was then dissolved.

An ad hoc subcommittee was sanctioned by the committee October 1999. The paper passed FPA peer review and was published 1 Dec 00 as Revision 0, although it was later updated by the main committee on 13 Apr 03 again to Revision 0 but with a different title. The ad hoc subcommittee with chair Michael Skoller and members George Wozny, Ron Kelm, Jon Monteith, and Moyeen Haque was dissolved in Dec 00.

A second ad hoc subcommittee was sanctioned by the committee July 2003 to revise the paper in response to users’ comments. The revised paper passed FPA peer review and was published 1 May 04 as Revision 1. The second ad hoc subcommittee with chair Michael Skoller and members Ron Kelm, Michael Palmer, Lowell Brumley, Jack Spivey, Toshi Nobe, Karl Breckon, George Wozny, Nicole Wylie and Mari Mes was then dissolved.

An ad hoc subcommittee with chair George Wozny was sanctioned by the committee January 2001. Soon after, the subcommittee went on hold for about two years until Karl Breckon was appointed by the committee to chair the subcommittee in March 2004. The subcommittee's paper passed FPA peer review and was published 17 July 2005 as Revision 0. The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chair Karl Breckon and members George Wozny, Ron Kelm, Michael Skoller, Bill Polhemus, Dan Jaggers, Lowell Brumley, Mari Mes, David Dorr, Nicole Wylie, and Bob Newman was then dissolved.

A second ad hoc subcommittee was sanctioned by the committee May 2012 with the goal of updating the paper to Rev. 1 to comply with current industry codes and standards. The revised paper passed FPA peer review and was published 5 Mar 14 as Revision 1. The second ad hoc subcommittee with chair Karl Breckon and members Ron Kelm, Michael Skoller, Dan Jaggers, Nicole Wylie, Stephen Newberry, Gerard Duhon, JR Hernandez, Jim Dutton and Steve Schilder was then dissolved

An ad hoc subcommittee # FPA-SC-15 with chair Karl Breckon was sanctioned by the committee September 2005. The subcommittee attempted to address the subject of design contracts along with design specifications. In October 2006, the Structural Committee decided to break the design contracts portion into a separate subcommittee no. FPA-SC-09 with David Dorr as chair.  The paper was submitted into peer review in December 2011.

The subcommittee's paper passed FPA peer review and was published 2 January 2013 as Revision 0. The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chair David Dorr and members, Ron Kelm, Michael Skoller and Rob Riedel was then dissolved.

An ad hoc subcommittee was sanctioned by the committee May 2001. The subcommittee’s paper passed FPA peer review and was published 9 Oct 03 as Revision 0. The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chair Jack Spivey and members Ron Kelm, Jon Monteith, Michael Skoller, Terry Taylor, Mari Mes, Mike Palmer, Lowell Brumley, George Wozny, Dan Jaggers, and Toshi Nobe was then dissolved.

On 27 Jan 05, the committee voted to form a new ad hoc subcommittee, again chaired by Jack Spivey in order to update the current quality control checklists and to add at least two new checklists to the paper.The subcommittee's paper passed FPA peer review and was published 19 Feb 07 as Revision 1. The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chair Jack Spivey and members  Michael Skoller, Ron Kelm, Mari Mes, Dan Jaggers, Jon Monteith, and Dick Peverley was then dissolved.

Write and publish a paper that provides guidance in the design, specification, and installation of void space systems under residential, commercial, light industrial, and civil structure Foundations, typically called lightly loaded Foundations, which are built on expansive soil.

An ad hoc subcommittee was sanctioned by the committee May 2005 with subcommittee chair Michael Skoller. The subcommittee's paper passed FPA peer review and was published 11 November 2007 as Revision 0.  The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chair Michael Skoller and members, Mike Turner, Ron Kelm, Mohamed Moussaoui, Al Maceiras, Mari Mes, Jim Austin, and Karl Breckon was then dissolved.

A second ad hoc subcommittee was sanctioned by the committee September 2012 in order to update the Rev. 0 paper with recent changes in the isolated foundations industry.  The subcommittee's paper passed FPA peer review and was published 18 July 2014 as Revision 1. The ad hoc subcommittee composed of co-chairs Michael Skoller and Greg Carr and members, Ron Kelm, Larry Lanz, Rob Riedel, Mike Turner and Nicole Wylie was then dissolved.

An ad hoc subcommittee with chair Ron Kelm was sanctioned by the committee October 2003. The subcommittee went on hold shortly afterwards until Nicole Wylie took over the chair in June 2005. The subcommittee's paper passed FPA peer review and was published 9 January 2006 as Revision 0.

The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chair Nicole Wylie and members, Ron Kelm, Dick Peverley, Michael Skoller, Gary Boyd, Dan Jaggers, and Mari Mes was then dissolved.

An ad hoc subcommittee with chair Lowell Brumley was sanctioned by the committee in February 2003. The subcommittee's paper passed FPA peer review and was published 15 July 2007 as Revision 0, under the title, "Guidelines for the Evaluation of Foundation Movement for Residential and Other Low-Rise Buildings" along with a Calculation Spreadsheet for FPA-SC-13-0 (for Members Only). The ad hoc subcommittee with chair Lowell Brumley and members John Clark, Michael Gray, Denis Hanys, Dan Jaggers, Mari Mes, Ron Kelm, Dick Peverley, Michael Skoller and Nicole Wylie was then dissolved.

A second ad hoc subcommittee was sanctioned by the committee August 2012 with the subcommittee co-chairs Lowell Brumley and Michael Skoller in order to update the Rev.0 paper to current industry standards. The subcommittee is open to new members and plans to have its paper in peer review in the Fall of 2014.

A second ad hoc subcommittee was sanctioned by the committee August 2012 with the subcommittee chair Lowell Brumley and later adding co-chair Michael Skoller in order to update the Rev. 0 paper to current industry standards. The subcommittee's revised document passed FPA peer review and was published 11 April 2015 as Revision 1 under the title, "Guidelines for the Evaluation of Foundation Movement for Residential and Other Low-Rise Buildings" along with a Calculation Spreadsheet for FPA-SC-13-1, which is non-peer reviewed software offered for FPA members only. 

The revised document was presented to the FPA in May 2015 by co-chair Lowell Brumley after which the ad hoc subcommittee composed of co-chairs Lowell Brumley and Michael Skoller, and members Gary Boyd, Darrell Bowles, Gerard Duhon, Rick Hale, Denis Hanys, J R Hernandez, Dan Jaggers, Ron Kelm, Stephen Newberry and Nicole Wylie was then dissolved.

Write and publish a paper and spreadsheet software that gives foundation and geotechical design engineers a design method to estimate matric suction and corresponding concrete pier dimensions where expansive soils exist and no suction and hydrometer testing is available.

Write and publish a guideline providing the user with tools to identify the relevant standard of care for Texas Professionals in a given situation.

An ad hoc subcommittee was sanctioned by the committee February 2010 with attorney Bob Newman as chair. Before the subcommittee was able to hold its first meeting, Mr. Newman fell ill and relinquished his chair position. Attorney William Morfey was approved by the committee in July 2010 and accepted the chair position. The subcommittee held its first meeting in September 2010, passed peer review and published its paper as Revision 0 on 15 May 2014. The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chair William Morfey and members Adam Bakir, Francisco Carrillo, David Karimi, Ron Kelm, Lucas Mauro, Michael Skoller, Robert Taylor, Raghu Dass, and Andrew Martin was then dissolved.

An ad hoc subcommittee with chair Al Bustamante was sanctioned by the committee in September 2014. The subcommittee went on hold for two years and is now being co-chaired by Robert Burnham and Ben Brooks. The subcommittee is open to new members and plans to go into peer review in 2019. 

Write guidelines to educate and assist home and low-rise building owners to achieve good performance from their foundations.

An ad hoc subcommittee with chair Gary Beck was sanctioned by the committee in April 2013. Gary Beck presented the paper to the general FPA membership on 13 January 2016. The paper passed FPA peer review and was published 25 February 2015 as Revision 0. The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chair Gary Beck and members Adam Bakir, Gerard Duhon, Jim Dutton, Dan Jaggers, Ron Kelm, and Michael Skoller was then dissolved.

An ad hoc subcommittee with chair Michael Skoller was sanctioned by the committee January 2011 and later added co-chair Ken Sherman. The subcommittee's document passed FPA peer review and was published 3 August 2018 as Revision 0. The ad hoc subcommittee composed of chairs Michael Skoller and Ken Sherman and members, Ahmed Abu-Shaaban, Gary Beck, Tim Bentley, John Bisson, Karl Breckon, Francisco Carrillo, Chris Clark, Ricardo David, Brian Erickson, David Karimi, Ron Kelm, Larry Lanz, Mike Qaddumi, Rob Riedel, Mike Scanlon, Steve Schilder, and Richard Tomlinson was then dissolved.

In March 2018 the committee sanctioned an ad hoc subcommittee with cochairs John Clark and Steve Schilder to draft and publish a peer-reviewed guideline document. The subcommittee is open to new members.