Abstract: Construction of buildings using a slab on grade and belled drilled piers to support column loads in central Mississippi has performed poorly. Similar buildings where the first floor was poured on 15.2 cm (6 in.) cardboard ...

Abstract: Field measurements of foundation movements in central Mississippi have revealed design issues involving expansive soils. At one building, field measurements of the first floor slab at 14 locations show that heaving occurred ...

Abstract: Gilgai landforms are series of mounds and depressions with amplitudes that range from 7.6 to 45.7 cm (3 to 18 in.) and wavelengths that range from 4.6 to 9.1 m (15 to 30 ft). Gilgai landforms occur in soils parented from ...