Civil and Building Engineering.

Studies of the design of foundations at a particular site may indicate the need to perform a full-scale load test of the deep foundation to be employed in the construction. A justification for the test would be that no data are available on the performance of the type of foundation to be used in the soil that exists at the site. A further justification exists if the engineer can show that the cost of the deep foundations to be used without the test would be reduced by more than the cost of the test if testing is approved.