Crescent Ponds

Location: Blaine, MN

Client: Pulte Homes

Services: Construction materials testing, environmental consulting, laboratory analysis, quality control testing

Year: 2006-2009

Crescent Ponds is a single-family residential development in Blaine that offers a variety of floor plans in a beautiful, private setting near an 11-acre pond. During construction, we were retained to provide construction materials testing and environmental consulting services.

The project involved the construction of residential house pads with associated roadways and utilities. We provided site grading observations for building pad development, and evaluated the suitability of the excavation bottom soils for engineered fill, building and pavement support. Using a nuclear density gauge, we performed on-site compaction testing of the fill in building and roadway areas, and also sent bagged samples to our materials laboratory to perform Proctor tests.

Other services included test-roll observations, concrete testing, bituminous testing, and quality control testing during site utility installation, which included a sanitary sewer, water main and storm sewer.