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Their engineer came out. He says it is structurally sound, a light building. He proposed a fix of digging down around perimeter and pouring concrete to extend the perimeter vertically down below grade. Then he says to dig below grade to meet height and drainage. 4 inches off grade, plus 4 to...

I said I would come back with an update, so here I am for those interested. After many months of back and forth and a great deal of stress, as well as the mason trying to tell me that the issue was only a grading problem and even coming out and covering up the problem with dirt (and essentially...

Someone from the city checked the depth and reinforcement of the footings. There was no inspection after the pour. I don't think one was required. No one has mentioned one being required to me, and I think the inspector would have said something. Yes, an engineer had to submit drawings to be...

Thanks for all your time to reply. When I near a remedy, I will update.

The poor grading covered the issue up. I don't think on purpose...

He told me today on the phone (when he didn't show originally) that he won't come when the slab doesn't match the plan because that is an automatic fail, and that instead I should get the engineer to sign off or devise a remedy. He's nice enough, but sees his job as pretty much just checking...

No. You aren't. That the building is already placed is a big part of the problem!

I don't know. I certainly didn't do anything! Here is a photo of shortly after the pour and photos of the excavation I did this am. It's between 4 and 5 inches of an overhang in the spots I measured. The inspector said it won't pass if it doesn't follow the plans and to talk with the...

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