#3

I have been with PSI for about three days. Today was my first day in the field. I was sent to a job site in Buckeye to observe and test compacted fill placed for a new self- storage facility. I was assigned my own truck, where I am responsible for maintenance and care. When I arrived on the job site I noticed that the job site was clean and clear, because the project was in the first phase of construction. The first thing I did was introduced myself to the contractor. We had a meeting on their game plan to satisfy the engineer’s recommendations. The engineer wrote in the soils report that the building pads must be removed to three feet of bottom of footing and re-compacted to a minimum %95 compaction. I explained the engineer’s requirements, and that I would be testing the compacted fill placed every vertical foot placed. The meeting concluded with me coming back tomorrow to observe the bottom excavation of the storage buildings.