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Old 7/30/09, 3:45 PM
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Default Soils and Settlement. Please proof this new inspection article.

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Default Re: Soils and Settlement. Please proof this new inspection article.

The excavation process disturbs soil, loosening it and causing spaces between soil particles to become much larger



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Default Re: Soils and Settlement. Please proof this new inspection article.

Good eye Michael, thanks!




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Default Re: Soils and Settlement. Please proof this new inspection article.

Drywall is made of much (courser) coarser particles than cement.
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