Patent ID: 11946211
Assignee: AXIOM CARBON INDEX, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  C  G  H | IPC C  E  G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method, comprising:
providing a ground site having a surface;
identifying, using a geotechnical engineering report on the ground site, suspect locations beneath the surface of the ground site, each of the suspect locations having at least one sub-surface condition selected from the group consisting of the presence of organic matter, the presence of gas-filled voids, the presence of liquid-filled voids, and the presence of shrink-swell soil;
preparing the ground site for construction of a portland cement concrete slab-on-ground (PCC SoG) of a building;
monitoring, using a computerized weather application operable on an electronic device, weather conditions for a geographic locale that includes the ground site to identify a window-of-time during which the weather application indicates there is a less than 50% chance of precipitation at the geographic locale;
proof rolling the surface of the ground site during the window-of-time to include proof rolling the surface of the ground site over each of the suspect locations multiple times, wherein the ground site is assigned a passing grade or a failing grade after the step of proof rolling;
generating, using a video recording device, an archival video record of the surface of the ground site as the step of proof rolling is being performed, wherein the archival video record includes time data and location data for each portion of the surface of the ground site;
emplacing, using concrete emplacement equipment during the window-of-time and only after the passing grade is assigned, wet concrete on the surface of the ground site to a nominal thickness that does not exceed 7 inches and that is at least one inch less than a PCC SoG design for the ground site having a design thickness based on design guidelines set forth by the American Concrete Institute; and
completing the step of emplacing with at least 4 hours remaining in the window-of-time, wherein a constructed PCC SoG is generated by the steps of emplacing and completing and wherein the archival video record comprises a portion of a guarantee of performance associated with the constructed PCC SoG.