[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Robbie0723

Suspect the large piles of dirt are called surcharging a site.

To compact the soil, they add a significant load on top of the existing soils using the weight of the additional soils they bring in to compress the existing soils below. It only works for specific soils.

They install monitors to determine the compaction they achieve of the existing soils. It is not used a lot, I think I have seen it on sites a couple of times over the 30 years have been interested in that type of thing.

In this day and age, where time is money, most developers are not willing to spend the time waiting as it is a fairly slow process. Don't know if it also helps in the areas geological testing showed susceptible to sink holes.

http://www.cmwgeosciences.com/geotec...nt/surcharging

Interesting information but not really applicable here, they talk about the pending load conditions for the projected structure. These mounds are about 50-60 feet high which represents an extreme load, many times in excess of the load caused by the homes and scenic properties that will ultimately occupy this property. This technique is used for things like airplane hangers, drydocks, and other large buildings where cyclic loading could impact the building stability.

There was an area like this in the Villages of McClure 18 months ago, it is now home to Loblolly golf course and several ponds.

These staging areas are planned ahead of construction, another is already planned and approved south of CR470 for upcoming construction work.

It costs a lot to keep moving dirt, they move it one time off site and get it out of the way, then move it back when they need it. Unlike the Pinellas area where they moved the same dirt a dozen times over the last year.