Build on soft soil / Discussions

...building on helical piles.  It is fairly common to find expansive soils such as leda clay in the Bas Saint Laurent region so I’m wondering if that was what steered you in the direction of building a home on piles. Another option to explore – what we like for ecological reasons among many other reasons – building a raft...

...one initial tree / bush clearing and would like to move to the next step of excavation (topsoil removal and grading) for a planned slab-on-grade foundation. I've read on this site that we should hire an engineer, and I'm looking for advice on what kind of engineer (Soil? Foundation? Structural?) and what their scope of...