That's a no brainer since your driving an 11 sec Z71, keep on living the dream

 

True, like I said my GF is rubbing off on me... Like I said earlier I seriously doubt drilling CO and WY will happen too many enviromentalist and outdooresy people like myself will let it happen...

For example, how do you think this picture would look if an oil rig was in the picture.. BTW this was from my vacation last year to the Flat tops in CO...



Oh and forget drinking directly (with a water filter) out of mountain streams

 

Unless we get in a "dust-bowl" climate no. These days(as in last 20ish years) when a housing community is built the natural soil is stripped down to what is called subgrade, meaning all the organics are stripped from it and then a layer of engineered soil usual paving base which is usually a crushed limestone mix is a very stable soil. It has a low PI in the 3-10 range which means it doesnt absord very much moisture and isnt a very expansive soil unless inundated with water then it turns to mush but we are talking about the oppisite scenario. The building pads for homes is usually 18" thick of this engineered soil then there are beams cut through it with post tensioning cables running through those beams and then concrete is poured into it so the beams support the house as does the actual slab portion so unless you are in a highly expansive are IE clay then the slab should not shift. Multistory buildings are built on top of these pads with no problems. Now the bigger or concrete structures have piers that extend down the rock stratum are really uneffected by soil conditions due to being supports mostly by the columsn of concrete and steel that go all the way down into the ground in Austin which is usually a tan or grey limestone formation. My next project is a huge parking garage 2 stories below grade with 6, 6 story buildings on top of it that will have 60 foot cased piers supporting it, Ill have to take some pictures of the whole process its quite interesting if you are a building geek like myself.

 

Interesting, so older homes are affected by lack of moisture rather than new homes... That is some good info!!!

Anyways kinda got sidetracked on your thread sorry about that...

 

please post pictures, or even make your own thread for that project. That sounds really cool man. you're building a parking garage underneath buildings?

 

No problem I like talking about my work I enjoy it most days.

Older home building practices as far as foundation is concerned are much better today now the quality of home they build on top of the slab...
No, we are excavating down about 40' and building the parking garage from there, the "top" of the parking garage will be at natural grade(regular ground level), then the 6 buildings will be built on top of the parking garage structure that is all below ground. Ill make a seperate thread about it as progress goes on the project, we start drilling at the end of the week so Ill just update the thread as construction goes on. Ill have to get some pics from the PM from the 31 story apartments I jsut finished before I broke my ankle a couple months ago.

 

gas is not trucked out it goes down pipelines...

 

unless the rigs were gettin the water from town water most rigs get water from lakes, rivers, creeks, or water wells..a well i was workin on the other day was 1/4 from a rig that was in a river valley and they had a pump on a trailor on the edge of the river and the basket was out in the river

 

i think rigs in the back ground would be baddass..

 

We need "bookmark" abilities. I couldn't figure out where I was from when I left work. WOW