by RK Bob Brown | Dec 8, 2025 | Foundation Repair Secrets, Industry Standards
When it comes to soil repair and ground improvement, too many project owners rely on guesswork, outdated practices, or contractors’ “experience” instead of a structured, results-focused approach. The consequences can be costly: budget overruns, failed repairs, and...
by RK Bob Brown | Dec 1, 2025 | Foundation Repair Secrets, Industry Standards
Let’s say you are looking to recommend a pressure grout solution to stabilize a structure on problematic soil. In many cases, this involves a structure resting on consolidating, unstable soil, and this is where pressure grouting is often considered as a potential...
by RK Bob Brown | Jan 28, 2025 | Industry Standards
The Dunning-Kruger effect is one of my favorite heuristics to discuss. In effect, it basically says the bigger the mouth you have, the less you really know. A possible corollary to this is that the more confident someone is, the more it reveals a lack of introspection...
by RK Bob Brown | Jan 6, 2025 | Industry Standards
Most people who notice cracks in their walls, doors and windows out of square or sloping and cracked floors often have pressing questions. Questions like: How serious are these problems? Will they get worse? What happens if I do nothing? What are the options to fix...
by RK Bob Brown | Nov 4, 2024 | Foundation Repair Secrets, Industry Standards, Soil Characteristics
In this series of blog posts, we will explore common soil myths related to the foundation repair industry and their implications for real estate. Here is a partial list of some of those myths. I wish to uncover in more detail the following blogs: Top Soil Myths in the...
by RK Bob Brown | Sep 9, 2024 | Foundation Repair Secrets, Industry Standards
When homeowners or real estate agents call a forensic engineer or a foundation repair company, what they are looking for is opinions. In foundation investigations, they want to know what the problem is, what caused it, how serious it is, whether it will worsen over...
