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How to Choose an Excavation Contractor
When you choose a builder, landscaper or pool company, you also are choosing numerous other sub-contractors that will work in conjunction with the primary contractor you have chosen. This is especially…
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Installing Pools in Tight Residential Lots
In Northern California many houses sit packed together on small plots. With homes of 2,500 square feet or more sitting on a lot of 5,000 sq. ft. This can present some…
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How Rebar Reinforces Concrete in Construction
The inclusion of reinforcement bars (‘rebar’) in concrete construction is a method that adds long-term strength to the concrete used to build foundations, walls, pools, pads and other structures. Concrete handles…
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Using Piers and Piles to Shore Up Sagging Foundations
Pier drilling and pile driving are techniques used for driving pier or piles into the ground underneath a structure to shore up sinking or sagging building foundations, bringing them back to…
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Using 4Rs to Manage Our Construction Waste
In the past, it was a common practice during the demolition of buildings or other structures to simply cart the waste materials away to a landfill. Today however, the growing cost…
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What Influences the Cost to Remove a Pool?
No swimming pool lasts forever. At some point, every in-ground swimming pool built will meet the same fate: Demolition. Oh sure, there will be a few hangers-on like old classic cars,…
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Excavation: Grading a Sloped Construction Site
An experienced builder understands that a sloped building lot presents issues such as stability, varying soil types, possible erosion, and poor drainage which can complicate construction and drive up costs. The…
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The Value of French Drains in Controlling Water Flow
Your property needs to properly drain water to protect your home. Foundations in particular need to be protected from pooling water and seepage. So the property surrounding your structure needs to…
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Excavating and Drilling in Wet Weather
The Northern California rainy season has begun, and with it come special challenges for construction project crews. The most common wet weather dangers are “slips, trips and falls.” These dangers are…
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How to Winterize Your Home Foundation
With our winter season arriving, as a homeowner you should take some steps to winterize your foundation against the colder, wetter weather. This is not something you should overlook, as the foundation…