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Well written Mr Cote. All of the substandard workmanship you cite is true and ongoing unfortunately. This story is replayed day after day in most towns and cities all over the country as contractors and subcontractors take our tax money money and run while our city inspectors and officials turn a blind eye to proper construction means and methods. Hopefully your courage and efforts to attract attention to Warwick's ongoing problem has not fallen on deaf ears. If each city hired just one inspector with the amount of experience, concern, and common sense you have, each dollar spent on that inspector's payroll would be recovered a thousand fold through proper oversight and accountability. Your references to improper soil compaction techniques reminded me of an old poster in a fellow co-workers office that read "It'll settle... eventually" . He was a great Civil Engineer, a wealth of knowledge with a passion for quality workmanship and tremendous duty to his company and society.