Today I worked out in the field taking drill samples from a
drill rig. I was able to be on the very first phase of a new development
project in down town phoenix, off 11th street and Washington Street.
The lot was just located off the light rail heading west bound. The lot has an existing
commercial building on it. The developer is PSI’s client. The developer wants
to build a mixed use building with business shopping on the ground floor and
residential living above. I believe this would be a great use of the land and
would be a great complement of transit oriented development for the Phoenix
area. I was very excited to work on the project any way I could. I was in
charge of having the drillers drill down to the specified depth, and take ring
samples of the soil. The ring samples were then taken back to the lab to have
lab tests performed on them. The test include grain size analyses, moister and
densities, console, and more. I was very excited to be a part of the project.
The samples I was responsible for collecting will determine how the engineer
will designed.
Afternoon Mike,
ReplyDeleteSo I had a question I was hoping you could shed some light on. As a geotechnical engineer, I understand your testing the integrity of the ground and other aspects, but how do you go about doing that and what signs do you look for to determine what and what is not suitable to be built upon that parcel or lot. I'm currently taking a geology course (need that lab req) to graduate and have learned some about rocks, soils, and so on. However my know is still rather limited. Thanks for any potential insight!
-Matt
This does seem like a very interesting place to inter at. From your posts that I have read, I see that you are either out in the field and even in the lab at times. This seems like it would give you a great chance to see if this area of work is something you can work for in the future since you are exposed to the different working environments. Thanks for sharing!
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