00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.840643 CaOODSP 20221107151908 cr ||||||||||| 171030s1981 oncad |o f|0| 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- NH17-128/1981E-PDF Concepts of house structures for permafrost areas [electronic resource] : preliminary investigation of three-point foundation system / J.L. Richards & Associates Limited. [Ottawa] : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1981. iv, 19, [6] p. : charts, ill. "October 1981." "CMHC file No. 5320-20." "J.L. Richards and Associates Limited has been retained by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to conduct a preliminary investigation into the feasibility of supporting Arctic housing on a three point foundation system. If appropriately designed, such housing would eliminate the internal racking and torsional problems associated with movement of the foundations located on active permafrost. Such racking frequently causes significant damage to housing structures constructed in the Arctic."--Introd. gccst Construction gccst Permafrost gccst Housing J.L. Richards & Associates. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Technical Research Division. PDF 957 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/schl-cmhc/nh17/NH17-128-1981-eng.pdf