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US 7,028,445 B2Granted
Method of constructing a concrete slab
AssigneeEvolution International No.2 Pty Ltd.
InventorPaul Anthony Camilleri
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Abstract
A method constructs a concrete building slab by loosening the soil on which the concrete building slab is to be constructed to at least a predetermined loosening depth so as to expand the soil upwards, driving a plurality of piles into the soil in predetermined respective locations to a predetermined founding depth, and subsequently forming a concrete slab on the loose soil to be supported by the piles.
Claims11
A method of constructing a concrete building slab, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting a site on which a concrete building slab is to be constructed;
- loosening the soil on which the concrete building slab is to be constructed on the site to at least a predetermined loosening depth so as to expand the soil upwards to at least a level above the swell potential of the soil;
- driving a plurality of piles into the soil in predetermined respective locations to a predetermined founding depth;
- and
- subsequently forming a concrete slab on the loosened soil to be supported by the piles.
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