https://johntedesco.net/blog/2010/03/20/centex-homes-submits-plans-for-new-retaining-wall-at-rivermist/ Investigative Journalist in Houston, Texas Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://johntedesco.net/blog/2010/03/20/centex-homes-submits-plans-for-new-retaining-wall-at-rivermist/#comment-75 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:49:52 +0000 http://johntedesco.net/blog/?p=4986#comment-75 Thanks for the comment and the links, Wayne.

]]> https://johntedesco.net/blog/2010/03/20/centex-homes-submits-plans-for-new-retaining-wall-at-rivermist/#comment-74 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:26:11 +0000 http://johntedesco.net/blog/?p=4986#comment-74 Even without seeing the engineering drawings, HOT worries about the affects of expansive soil on the new retaining wall design that Centex proposed. If our analysis of USDA Web Soil Survey data (http://homeownersoftexas.org/Rivermist_Soil_Survey.pdf) is correct, our water balloon theory (http://homeownersoftexas.org/Rivermist_Water_Balloon_Theory.pdf) should cause people to question the structural integrity of the new design.

]]>