Posts in Hillside Stabilization
CRG is Appointed to Tackle 10-bedroom Home in Ski Town with Critical Foundation Issues

A popular ski town was threatened by a large home that endangered occupants and adjacent properties due to its unstable foundation, incomplete and languishing construction work, as well as a general lack of maintenance onsite. Construction work had been started on the home, but that work lay unfinished for months, which turned into years, permits expired and the structure further deteriorated. Trash and construction debris littered the interior and exterior of the home. Blighted conditions were visible from the street and the property was clearly vacant, with broken windows and an unhinged door, providing an attractive nuisance and clear opening for transients and curious children. Further inspection by the municipality confirmed that transients had in fact taken advantage of this opening and were living inside the hazardous structure. Crucially, the foundation was at risk as it had been set on an elevated but eroded patch of land and needed to be shored up.

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