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ITCO ALLIED ENGINEERING CO. AN ALLIANCE OF INSTANT TESTING COMPANY AND ALLIED TEST DRILLING Jobsite and Laboratory Testing, Geotechnical Services, Commercial, Residential and Municipal 7125 West 126th Street, Suite#500 - Savage, MN 55378 Telephone: (952)890-7366 Fax: (952)890-5883 December 1, 2014 Atlashomes Phone: 763-425-3333 14450 - 117�h Avenue North Fax: 763-390-0039 Dayton, Minnesota 55369 mark@atlashomesmn.com RE: 1575 Mapie Place Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota As requested, a site visit was conducted on December 1 at 10:58 AM to evaluate and test soils for the construction of a single-family residence. A certificate of survey for the property, dated 12-26- 13, was available for review. At the time of the inspection, TMS Construction, had completely filled the residence with sand up to the bottom of footing elevation. Therefore, no bottom inspection could be performed. We have assumed that the excavating contractor did remove all uncontrolled fill and debris until native soils were reached as previously recommended. Additionally, no density testing was performed during fill placement as recommended. Therefore, the excavator was asked to perform test pits to various elevations so after the fact density testing could be performed. Four(4)test pits were performed, all to shallow depths due to static water level being around 3 feet below bottom of footing elevation. Therefore testing could not be performed on fill material below the water table elevation. The density tests all passed specification. The results will be conveyed under separate cover. To evaluate the foad bearing capacity of the soil, dynamic cone penetrometer tests (DCP)were " conducted at bottom of footing elevation. The (DCP), employs an eight kilogram (17.6 pound) hammer to drive a 20 millimeter diameter conical point into the soil, with the penetration recorded in millimeters per blow. From the DCP readings, a per blow, penetration average was recorded and a N-value derived. This N-value is an empirical relationship we have established to equate the dynamic cone data to the more familiar blows per foot(BPF)standard penetration soil boring test. Results of this test are shown below. Estimated N- Estimated DCP Test# Location Depth value Allowable Bearing Ca acit � SW Building 430 mm 23 > 4000 PSF Corner 2 NW Building 240 mm 25 > 4000 PSF Corner 3 Between Garage 255 mm 22 > 4000 PSF & House, Center