Building On Soft Soil

Based on the stats of the searches and viewing of the blog, there seems to be interest in research on peat  and bog in the Vancouver area. Thought I provide a follow on post on the subject.

If you look up on my earlier post, a picture of a site directly across from Douglas Park was posted. Here's some follow on pictures now that work has finally resumed in May. That's quite the delay.

There are many many anchors drilled into the ground all around the perimeter and wall placements of the foundation to support the future basement.

Here's a foundation system article that describes how these support systems work. In comparison, we got off easy as we were only required to take away 3 feet of soft soil, back fill with more solid material and pour higher grade of waterproofing cement. Yes, it was more expensive than a friend building on clay over at the next neighbourhood... but probably minor compared to this particular system! PHEW!