MicroHouse 4 Foundation - Module - Review

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Foundation calculations -

Knowledgeable about rammed earth, via D:

Fred Webster PhD, P.E. PO Box 4043 Menlo Park, CA 94026 Tel #: (650) 321-6939 Email: AdobeBrix@aol.com I'd call for new contacts and maybe search for a website.

You can call Joe Tibbets--editor of Earthbuilder Magazine who knows everybody who is anybody in this business: (505) 861-1255 Email: adobebuilder@juno.com

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Hi,

I am the founder of Open Source Ecology (OSE) - see my TED Talk - http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.

I would like to inquire if you can review our simple foundation design for a small Compressed Earth Block structure - for structural integrity.

We are doing a one story home, with a 1' wide wall and 1' thick footer. I have gone through a deflection calculation for concrete, and concluded that a 6"x12" foundation with 5 sticks of 1/2" rebar would give us L/800 deflection and a safety factor of 10 for tensile strength.

I would like to get your feedback if this makes sense. If you cannot provide this service, then I would like to ask you if you could suggest another engineering consultant to verify the calculation for OSE.

I would like to explore whether this design could be verified as code-compliant in Missouri, zone 5.

Thanks, Marcin

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