Lowe Larretta is former lead editor for Forbes Home, covering all things related to home improvement and good design ... where the ground freezes, slab-on-grade foundations are better where ...

While other factors including concrete compressive strength, the thickness and quality of the base material and sub-grade stiffness ... capacity of the slab. For example, reducing a six inch ...

Below-grade waterproofing ... with the design and construction teams, with the available options for waterproofing the shotcrete portions of the foundation evaluated against the owner’s risk tolerance ...

Two principal objectives of unreinforced slab-on-ground design are to avoid the formation of random, out-of-joint cracks and to maintain adequate joint stability. The slab’s anticipated live ...

6-rated. The situation at the Advanced Technology Center points to the need to make some design and installation changes from common industry practice for slab-on-grade floor boxes. The methods in use ...

At the Nov. 28 meeting, multiple council members and staff referenced the direct link between the proposed restriction on slab-on-grade construction and the Dutch Dialogues, a research and design ...