by Jay Silver | Feb 18, 2013 | Residential Blog Posts
The people of Plant City, FL sometimes refer to 2010 as the “year of the sinkhole.” While there are incidences of sinkholes in Plant City, the winter of 2010 was a literal sinkhole bonanza. Record cold temperatures in January, collided with Plant City’s strawberry...by Jay Silver | Jan 16, 2013 | Residential Blog Posts
One of the questions I asked Ralph Meder, geologist at MCD of Central Florida, several weeks ago was, “Don’t residential property developers know that there may be sinkhole conditions before they begin building homes on a particular site?” I was thinking that if the...by Jay Silver | Dec 16, 2012 | Residential Blog Posts
I worried about giving this blog post the title, “Understanding Florida’s SB 408,” simply because there is so much about SB 408 that remains difficult to understand. Homeowners are not the only ones scratching their heads. Even the experts find it difficult to wade...by Jay Silver | Dec 13, 2012 | Residential Blog Posts
Helicon, a State of Florida industry leader in foundation and sinkhole repair, recently completed work at the site of what was once the Fontana Hall off-campus dormitory for USF students. Fontana Hall was demolished in October 2012 to make way for a new 314-unit...by Jay Silver | Oct 30, 2012 | Residential Blog Posts
Recently, an article published in the Ocala Star-Banner suggested that underpinning was a far more effective way to repair sinkhole damage than compaction grouting. From the author’s perspective, grouting alone is completely ineffective. Sinkhole damage, repaired...