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The GC dug the trench with a walk behind trencher. (I have pictures) He dug the trench first, without removing any vegetation - grass. (black dirt-peet moss) He then over poured onto the grass the footing. In some areas over 12 to 18 inches. He then built the 8 coarses of block. After that he...

The bottom 18 inches of the 42 inch deep footing is 8 inches wide The pinned repour supporting the block is 24 inches from the top of the footing. The engineer said IF the wall is moved back, repin and pour an additional 8 inches of footer.

There was 18 to 24 inches of vegetation on top of tan clay. The footing is 42in deep. There is no floor yet.

Correct. No soil testing was done. The GC dug the trench himself. The mason is an employee of the GC. The GC knew he was doing the trench wrong. (and later admitted it) That's why he intensionally over poured the footings (mushroom pour) so the mason could have some wiggle room to set his...

Sorry, wide

I have a contract that states a 12in footing. I also have the whole build documented on my security cameras.

I noticed the block cracked at the corners. Then I hired a boring company to bore a 5in hole through the footing about 3ft down to relieve the water from inside the building. The builder removed the vegetation and hit the water table. That's when I seen that the bore hole was only 8in thick. My...

Well, I hate for this to be my first post but... I had a 39x50 garage built last fall. Over the winter the foundation - Trench footing moved (pitched inboard 3 inches) Come to find out my footing was only 8" wide. State code on Michigan is 12" when using 8" cinder block. Building was built...