(July 3, 2025 @ 6pm ET) 40 Minutes of Competence PA Study Session: Foundations in Weak Soil (+Office Hours Info)

This week's Amber Book : 40 Minutes of Competence program is titled, “Foundations in Weak Soil”

Relevant Exam Division: Programming & Analysis (PA)

These study sessions are free and open to all, not just Amber Book subscribers, so join us this Thursday at 6pm ET: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83922907346

You’ll take the first five minutes of class to answer this week's question alone, but if you would like to get a head-start on that, here is the assignment:

An owner has hired an architect to design a large building on a site with 11 feet deep seam of weak expansive soil. Which of the following offers the most appropriate foundation system? Select the 3 best answers.

a. Belled caisson

b. Conventional spread footing

c. Grade beam on shallow piers

d. Mat foundation

e. Post-tensioned slab foundation

f. Unanchored floating foundation

Our next Office Hours session is July 10, 2025 @ 6pm ET!

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