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Ern <br /> ,qco <br /> GME CONSULTANTS, INC. p <br /> CONSULTING ENGINEERSE _o) <br /> 14000 21st Ave.No./Minneapolis,MN 55447 <br /> Phone(612)559-1859 / Fax(612)559-0720 <br /> March 30, 1999C(E, <br /> Mr. Rich Kiemen �t <br /> Project Manager fi <br /> KM Building Company <br /> 1620 Central Avenue Northeast <br /> Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413 GME Project No. 8216 <br /> RE: Progress report for construction observation and testing <br /> services for the Service 800 Building in Orono, Minnesota for <br /> the period between February 20 and March 20, 1999 <br /> Dear Mr. Kiemen: <br /> We have provided construction observation and testing services for this <br /> project in accordance with our proposal dated February 19, 1999 . Our <br /> testing services have been provided on a part-time basis coordinated <br /> through Mr. Steve Weibel, your site superintendent . This report <br /> discusses our construction services performed to date, and includes our <br /> Daily Field Reports and test results . <br /> Background Information <br /> You have indicated that there were no soil borings drilled specifically <br /> for this building. However, borings were drilled on this site in <br /> December, 1972 by another geotechnical firm. One of the borings falls <br /> within the building footprint . This boring shows a layer of topsoil <br /> underlain by stiff gray-brown silty sandy clay to the termination depth <br /> of the boring. <br /> The Service 800 Building will be a single-story, slab-on-grade <br /> structure of masonry bearing wall and steel frame construction. The <br /> building slab will be cast-on-grade, covering a footprint of about <br /> 11, 000 square feet . You have indicated that the grading plan calls for <br /> approximately 2 to 3 feet of cut in the northern portion of the <br /> building, and limited amounts of fill at the southern end. The grading <br /> plan does not yet take into consideration the possibility of subcutting <br /> and soil correction under this structure. <br /> Paved parking and drive areas will be constructed around the building. <br /> Earthwork Testing <br /> We observed test pits excavated around the perimeter of the building to <br /> determine the suitability of the soils . We observed that there was an <br /> average of 2 feet of brown clayey sand fill underlain by a naturally- <br /> WILLIAM C. KWASNY, P.E. THOMAS P. VENEMA, P.E. WILLIAM E. BLOEMENDAL, P.E. <br /> GREGORY R. REUTER, P.E. CHARLES M. ALL000D, P.E. MERVYN MINDESS, P.E. <br /> MARK D. MILLSOP, P.G. TIMOTHY F. McGLENNEN STEVEN J. RUESINK, P.E. <br /> An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />