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Swelling or expansive soils

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Oct 302017
 

Colorado has many areas susceptible to the problems that swelling soils cause. This video gives some background on the problem.

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 Posted by Dr. John Hopkins at 09:24  Tagged with: hazards, soil, swelling soils, third-party, video

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