Below is a current project of FABCO INC. in progress. The project is in Red Bank New Jersey, the former residence of Florence A. Forgotson the first women attorney in Monmouth County New Jersey. Ms. Forgotson started her practice in 1925 and just passed away 2 years ago at age 99. She has numerous foundation's to her credit and will be deeply missed by all.

The estate called in December of 2009, The work request was for FABCO to perform a site investigation of a suspected petroleum discharge from an underground oil storage tank.

FABCO started the soil and groundwater remediation on January 18, 2010. FABCO conducted the site delineation and prepared the work plan to complete the remediation and house reconstruction of the foundation and all Mechanical connections for the client.

After a year of planning with the insurance company FABCO's Team of Professional's was approved to go forward with the project.       

Upon completion FABCO will prepare the Remedial Action Report detailing all activities on the site during the soil remediation, restoration and general re-construction. Upon review and approval the NJDEP will issue the No Further Action Letter (NFA).   

FABCO will post photos of the project as the project progresses.  The project structure is being prepared to move to a staging location on in order to do perform the soil and groundwater remediation excavation. 

The reason for the move, the soil and groundwater underneath the structure has been impacted from the underground oil tank failure which impacted the soil 20 feet below the structure.  This structure is over 100 years old, and is wooden framed house with a brick foundation. Please follow the project as we will take you from start to finish and post site pictures every step of the way.     

Shrewsbury, New Jersey

I am employed as a Superintendent taking care of seven properties that is owned by an estate in Red Bank, NJ.

We (the estate) met Anthony Fabiano of FABCO Inc. quite by accident when a former contactor had difficulty while doing work for us. Mr. Fabiano assisted this individual without concern as to "what's in it for me" type attitude.

To say the least, we were quite impressed with Mr. Fabiano. We enlisted Mr. Fabiano's company services for three of our properties for oil related remediation. Mr. Fabiano did and has always acted professionally on and off the job.

 FABCO Inc. has been one of the most honest, upfront companies that I have dealt with here in New Jersey. When they say what they are going to do and the time frame in which they intend to do it, they hit the mark! Anthony Fabiano has always been there to answer any questions or address any concerns every time.

 I am proud to say that I not only have a good working relationship with Anthony Fabiano, I consider him a friend as well.

 Thanks - Todd J. McWilliams

Above shows the structure before the project started, and how the structure must be prepared in order to move the structure 100 feet forward to the staging area.  

The support steel I-beams are placed underneath the structure, to lift the structure all at once. 

Support steel I beams have been place under the structure for the lift. Slide Rails and rollers have been place to move the structure from the foundation area out to the staging area 100 feet away.    

The structure move is being performed by Wolfe House Movers, LLC.of Bernville, PA. Prior to the move FABCO obtained all building and zoning permits with the township and prepared the structure for the move.

View of basement area support cribbing and steel I beam supports. The 50 ton chimmey is being supported above, you are looking at what is left of the chimminey foudation.    

You are looking at the base of the 50 ton chimmey above that has been liffted and supported.  The Stucture will be moved next week, and FABCO will then remove the foundation to clean the project site, prior to removing the petroleum impacted soil.  

January 29, 2010 The structure has been moved back to it staging location, and FABCO is ready for foundation demolition.

Foundation view overlooking the Shrewsbury River looking north on to the Middletown shore

February 1, 2010, Today FABCO started the demolition of the foundation, all the concrete and brick was sent to an approved recycle facility to make crushed concrete, used as stabilization material for road bases.  

The demolition material is loaded out on to trucks and transported to the facility for recycling.  

The demolition material is separated from the excavation overburden soils. All soils above the foundation are clean and will be stored on site for reuse.    

Foundation removal completed, all demolition materials loaded out for recyling  (2-2-10)  

Installing a tracking pad, to keep the site clean, and maintian a safe entrance to excavation area. 

March 9, 2010- Begin installation of Soldier Steel H Beams and Wood Lag support wall to secure neighboring property line, FABCO’s off loading leads for Steel H-beams to be driven in ground 38 feet below grade by Atlantic Pile Inc. out of Middletown NJ.

40 foot Steel H-beams 14 X 73 to be driven in ground 5 feet on center to support the neghboring property and structure from sliding into the remedial excavation, once the cut is made along the property line.  

 Pre-drilling steel beams locations along property line to keep vibration down while driving piles.

Installation of Steel H-Beams with Pile Driver and Crane, with vibrating analyses being performed at all times during pile driving operations, by  VIBRANALYSISIS INC. a firm out  of Bronx New York who specializes in monitoring construction sites for any type of vibration and records it on the field monitoring equipment installed on site.  The beams are driven down to 38 feet to hold back the cantilever wall and preventing any sliding of the foudation.    

A steel beam and wood lagging support wall system, had to be installed to excavate soils five   feet away from the property line to a depth of 14 feet at the wall, the soil impact deepen closer to the former oil tank location  30 feet away from the property line.

The support wall will allow FABCO to perform the remedial excavation while maintaining the integrity of the surrounding soils. The next phase of the project is to install a site de-watering system with carbon filtration system as pictured below. This is made up of several different components. A permit has been obtined and issued by NJDEP to discharge the treated groundwater to the Navasink River.

         Two- 2,000 Lb. Carbon Canister

        One 25 yard Sediment Tank Filter   

The sediment tank in conjuction with the carbon system, keeps the sand out of the carbons canisters which prolong the life of the system. The oil seperator in the treatment trailier polishes off the discharging water. The tank filter down removes sand to 13O mircrons before the groundwater goes into the treatment trailier oil water seperator and then the carbon canisters, keeping the system bag filters clean and free of cloging sedimentent, the bag filliter are changed every 24 hours to keep the system clean. You can drink the discharging water. 

This is a picture of the groundwater, as it leaves the 500 gallon oil water seperator inside the treatment trailer. The water is then pumped to 4 bag filters prior to going to the carbon canisters units.

This is the inside of the treatment system trailier, the oil water seperator is the stainless steel tank in the background. The bag filiter system and system totalizer is what is mounted on the rack that you are looking at.  The meter keeps the numbert total gallons treated and discharge. The system is checked several times a day for its integrity and permit complanice.   

The 4 system bag filters are changed everyday and gallon totals are logged in 4 times a day  

The carbon units and unit trailier are very compact and fit anywhere  

 A vacuum well point system has been installed to excavate and back fill the excavation with compaction testing by a Proffessional Engineer, the lifts are compacted at 12 inch intervals to 95 % compaction or better.

          Electric and vacuum pumps maintain the control of the groundwater 24 hours a day

The over all excavation length is 100 x 65 and in some portion of the excavation. The excavation sidewalls are sloped for safety, the main excavation is bench at 10 feet below grade while the petroleum impacted soil is at a depth of 20 feet below grade, some areas have as much as 13 feet of clean soil over 7 feet of petroleum impacted soil.    

    Each 12 inch lift is checked and testing is performed to insure 95 percent compaction

The remedial excavation has been excavated and back filled and compacted within the shoring box in the deeper portions of the excavation. Excavation depths of 20 feet.  

June 9, 2010, the soil remediation is now at 75 percent completed, with all post excavation soil sample results reported FABCO are non-detect. Engineering compaction test have been done and the measurment reading's are at 95 percent or better. 

FABCO has collected over 12 post excavation soil samples, and 17 waste classification soil samples for the facility. Clean overburden soils are staged behind the excavator for reuse.  

The excavation has been bench down to 10 feet to get at the soil contamination between  13 and 20 feet below grade. The vacuum De-watering system has been moved and installed again for the final time.

The contaminated soil is loaded and transported to the facility on a daily basis. The clean soil covered you see in the background at the top of the photo has been covered with plastic for dust control and consideration of the neighboring property, and will be reused in the excavation during the reconstruction of the foundation.  

Soil excavation of petroleum impacted soil within the shoring box was a slow excavation  process but effective due to the depths of contamination (20 Feet).  Each section had to excavated down and compacted back up. The soil on left, inside the box is the contaminated soil, the excavator's on the right have to move the soil once excavated in a continues waste flow of disposal off site to the recycling facility. Each unit helps the other.    

On June 24, 2010 the soil remedial excavation task of petroleum impacted soil was completed, 2,645 tons of petroleum impacted soil was excavated and transported to a recycling facility for reuse. The petroleum impacted soil was replace with clean virgin bank run materials from the Mc Dowell pit in Neptune, NJ (AKA Blue Berry Acres)  132 truck loads of soil was transported to the site by FABCO INC.       

Next step is to prepare the site for the house move and reconstruction of the foundation.  

The Clean overburden soil was staged on the other side of the house during the remediation excavation for easy load out for it's return use to the excavation, this save time and money.

The next step of the project is to dismantle the the groundwater treatment system and get ready to move the house back on the new foundation anc complete the backfilling of the excavation.

On August 27, 2010,   The Project is now ready for the house to be relocated back over the foundation excavation for a custom fit foundation to be built under the house while being cribbed above the work on the ground. It was thought at first to remove the steel beams along the property line, but taking in consideration of our neighbors a decison by homeowner and Engineer to leave the beams in place.

The soil that was installed for the crane to track on  to remove the beams, had to be excavated and stage out front, in order to install the house back into the excavation.

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The Excavation area is leveled and compacted and tested.

Looking to the west side of the property line, the excavation has been leveled and stoned getting ready for the house movers.

Looking to the north of the property line, the excavation is backfilled and the soil compation has been tested.

Looking to Northeast property line, the excavation and support wall is in place stablizing the property line, and a ramp has been excavated for the Housemover's to get into the excavcation area. When the foundationhas been built, the steel beams will be cut and left in place always keeping the property line in check from movement westward on to the new foundation area.   

On September 22, 2010 the house has been moved back over the excavaton area to begin installation of the new Concrete Block foundation and 3 foot wide foundation footings.

The house will remain suspended 12 feet in the air during thre reconstruction of the foundation

The house will rest on the cribbing during construction, about 2 feet over the finish block,each corner point in the building will be plumbed down to the foundation footing for a custom fit.  

This is the steel layout looking up, the square of brick up there is the chimney base for the hot water heaters. 

The replacement of the chimney bases must done with care and set down slowly to allow the curing of the block work.   

The House is resting on the cribbing, and up about 12 feet above the base of the excavation

This was Ms. Fogotson favorite spot, she loved to watch the coy pond fish, and we do to.  

Construction of the footing forms has begun, by Anthony Fragale Builders of Long Branch NJ   

Installing and making wood forms for the new concrete footing's

The footing design calls for concrete footing's 36 x 12 using 4000 PSI concrete mix with four  1/2 inch steel rebars.  

October 9,2010- The Footing construction Inspection has been approved by Mr. Jim Williams, Red Bank Building Inspector. Carlin and Simpson P.E.Sayerville , NJ for Soil Compaction, and  Matthew T. Cronin, AIA, Red Bank NJ. Foundation Design.

Excavation of the foundation and Project Management oversight FABCO INC. Construction by Anthony Fragale Builders of Long Branch. 

Pouring the foundation footing's for the massive chimney's- 3/1/2 stories high and over 50 tons in weight. The design calls for 8 x 10 x 2 foot thick concrete footing with 3/4 steel  double mat re-bar. The bars are place 6 inches apart going both ways to insure the a firm foundation. 

The installation of underground drainage piping will be installed in the basement floor and outside along the footing's. This will prevent foundation water rain water developing around the foundation and seeping in the basement. This is a most important step since the soil below the foundation has been compacted to 95 % compaction there is no where for the water to go.  

The remainder of the foundation footing's will be poured on Wednesday October 13, 2010, The the forms will then be removed a couple of days later.

During the costruction phase the site de-watering is being maintained with electric sub-pumps installed in pits below the footing's and rain water is pumped to the surface away from the foundation.  

The Concrete used for the foundation is 4000 PSA, it did not take to long to dry an dget rock hard

The Structural Enginner Carling and Simpson collected concrete canister samples of the concrete for strength testing.

As the foundation cures it will soon be ready to carry the load of the house

Foundation is curing and we are Ready to lower the house on too the foundation and then remove teh steel beams and block up the remainding voids in the foundation

This is the Back section of foundation is facing the River, the foundation has been coated with foundation sealent, this area will be filled with clean Sandy material prior to house lowering.   

December 3, 20010, The foundation has now been Back filled and compacted to allowing for settlement around the the new structure. The mason will now install the Porch Columns and Wolfe Movers will be ready to put the house down on the foundation.   

The Excavation area has been graded off to allow the Mason to come back to work and install one more row of Concrete Block around the porch foundation.

The Project house has been placed on the foundation and is resting very well to it new location. Once the weather breaks we shall fill in the voids in thje block from the steel being removed and finish the domestic utlity hookups.  

Some area's of the block foundation are held up by a single block, but it will all come together and the steel straping will be tied in as the project gets closed up.

May 1, 2011, the project has been approved to go foward, now that soil groundwater samples have been collected and are below NJDEP soil and groundwater criteria.  The Remedial Action Report is being prepared requesting No Futher Action at the site.  The projects final phase of completion is now under way. All landscaping will be completed and  final construction is now in the proccess to be completed. We started by begining the procees to remove the steel I beams from the service. Cutting them below grade, the steel will remain in place now that the wall is no longer needed for the construction of the project.     

The Front Porch can can be completed and the sewer injector pump installed all the block opening have now been closed up to begin the installation of the new concrete basement floor

After the harsh Winter it was decided to wait until warm weather to finish the block work and concrete basement. The outside porches required more fill material under them before the Masons installed to more block courses to grade. This required an lot of hand and machine work to get the additional 65 tons of clean fill under the porch area. The basement floor has been prepared for inspection before poring the floor with 6 mil plastic vapor barrier and drainage piping along interior and exterior block walls connected to sump pump pits in the floor.

June 14, 2011, The final brick work for the all porches and  sub-grade materials are now being installed around the house 

July - August - Porches and steps are being completed and the property is being rough graded with the proper slope, getting ready for top soil and plantings

                                               Rear Porch Steps looking West side of property Line                                                                                                                    West Side of Property looking South

The Architect Inspecting the basement construction and block work, giving it all his final approval

New Bilco Doors and steps that are removalble down to the new Basememt

 Installation of new Heating  368,000 BTU unit with seperate Pumps for each zone

Instalation of underground drainage system for storm drainage of the roof leaders, all the down spouts are connected to a large dry well on the edge of the property

The piping runs are pitched to drain to the dry well, the underground drainage system keeps erosion off of the very steep hill, by draining undrground, this will prevent sloop failure. The system has a very large holding capacity for that 100 year rain storm. 

keeping the proper pitch and installing clean out opening's for each downspouts is a key factor in keeping the system flowing. Compacting the excavation and tamping around the pipng keeps the pipe supported and prevents pipe sagging / stoppages. 

                                                     Befroe the House Move and Soil Remediation  December 2009                                                                         After the House Move snd Soil remediation/ Restoration Completion  January 2012