Laboratory Testing
to achieve the final 300mm
• Classification, Weight-Volume, and
Index Tests:
o Water Content Test
o Atterberg Limit Test
o Sieve and Hydrometer
Analysis
• Shear Strength Tests:
o Direct Shear Test
o Triaxial Shear Test
• Consolidation Tests
o Oedometer Test
In-Situ Testing
• Cone Penetration Test
o Classify the materials in a soil
profile and estimate their
engineering properties
• Borehole Shear Test
o Determine the shear strength
parameters of soil at a given
depth
• Vane Shear Test
o Measure the undrained shear
strength of saturated clay and
slit soils
• Borehole Pressure Meter Test
o Measure the stress-strain
modulus of soil
• Standard Penetration Test
o A thick-walled sample tube
(outside diameter of 50mm,
inside diameter of 35mm,
length of around 650mm) is
driven into the ground at the
bottom of a borehole by blows
from a slide hammer with a
weight of 623 N falling through
a distance of 760mm.
o The sample tube is driven
150mm into the ground and
then the number of blows
needed for the tube to
penetrate each 75mm up to a
depth of 300mm is recorded.
o The number of blows required
penetration is the standard
penetration resistance, N.
o In cases where 50 blows are
insufficient to advance it
through a 150mm interval, the
penetration after 50 blows is
recorded.
Soil Exploration Report
1. Scope and limitations of
investigation
2. General description of the
proposed structure for which the
exploration has been conducted
3. Geologic conditions of the site
4. Drainage facilities at the site
5. Details of boring
6. Description of subsoil conditions
as determined from the soil and
rock samples collected
7. Groundwater table as observed
from boreholes
8. Details of foundation
recommendations and
alternatives
9. Any anticipated construction
problems
Graphic representations:
o Site location map
o Location of borings with respect
to the proposed structure
o Boring logs
o Laboratory test results
o Other special presentations
Boring Log
Graphic representation of all the
details gathered from each borehole