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Texas ASCE Guidelines for the
Evaluation and Repair of Residential Foundations
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Attention New York Engineers:
This course cannot be taken to fulfill your
continuing education requirements in the state of New York since the course does
not fall under the category of "Areas of Practice" or "Law/Ethics".
For more information, check the
New
York State Board Requirements.
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G.D. "Tim" Atkinson, Ph.D., P.E.
Overview
The Texas Board of Professional Engineers
(TBPE) rescinded Policy Advisory 09-98-A, Regarding Design, Evaluation and
Repair of Residential Foundations. The TBPE now references
The Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and its two
documents, Guidelines for the Evaluation and Repair of Residential
Foundations, and Recommended Practice for the Design of Residential
Foundations.
In this course
the student will study the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Repair of
Residential Foundations, which is available for download at no cost from the TxASCE
web site.
As in the
Guidelines, the course is largely non-technical. Technical details of
residential foundation evaluation and repair are not discussed. As part of the
course, the course author’s commentary is provided in the link below. A
twenty-question quiz will test the student’s understanding of the subject.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
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What level of
investigation is appropriate
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What evaluation
methodology should be used to evaluate the foundation
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What criteria should be
used to evaluate the foundation
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What should be in an
engineer's report about a foundation evaluation
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What remedial measures
should be considered
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What should be included in
remedial plans
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What measurements should
be made after remediation
Course
Click on the
following link to download the TxASCE document
Guidelines for the Evaluation and Repair of
Residential Foundations:
Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Click on the following
link to download the course author’s commentary:
Commentary on Guidelines for the Evaluation and Repair of Residential
Foundations (177 KB)
The quiz will be based on both the TxASCE document
and the course author's commentary document. Having Trouble Downloading the PDF File?
Right click on the link. Select "Save Target As..."
Then save on your desktop. To view the file, double click the icon on your
desktop and return to this page to take the quiz.
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To obtain PDH credits for this course, you will need to take a quiz for
credit. Click on the link below.
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