About the author  ⁄ George A. Merlo, P.E.

George A. Merlo is an owner of Merlo Consulting Engineers, LLC in Englewood, Colorado, and a forensic engineer. (info@merlo4n6.com)

As structural engineers engaged in forensic investigations of failed structures, the authors have encountered concrete foundation walls at residential and retail facilities that have failed as the result of lateral soil pressure. In many instances, the walls are primarily reinforced with vertically oriented rebar with nominal horizontal steel, implying that the top of the wall is supported laterally by the framed floor system.

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