Civil and Building Engineering.

1 Planning: Many factors affect the plans for a proper investigation of the subsurface soils for a project...

2 Favorable Profiles: At a number of locations in the United States and elsewhere, the use of bearing piles is dictated by the nature of the soil overlying the founding stratum...

3 Soils with Special Characteristics: Cambefort (1965) wrote of experiences with unusual soils and remarked: ‘‘There is no known ‘recipe.’..

4 Calcareous Soil: The engineer may encounter an unusual soil, especially if working in an area where little is known about the soil. Several years ago, one of the authors attended a preconstruction meeting prior to building an offshore platform on the Northwest Shelf of Australia...