Bob Brown with Arizona Foundation Repair, a foundation repair contractor, has a nice blog post about the need for better standards for forensic investigations for residential foundation investigations. He points to some standards by a group called the Foundation Performance Association. Check it out if you are involved in residential foundation repair or forensic investigations. [Source: Arizona Foundation Repair. Image: Foundation Performance Association]
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