"Generalized Soil Profile"?
"Generalized Soil Profile"?
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The lab manager wants a "Generalized Soil Profile" for a particular job. Soil Profile? I'm looking in my Soil Mechanics text (McCarthy) and I don't see it in the index. What do you think he is talking about?





RE: "Generalized Soil Profile"?
RE: "Generalized Soil Profile"?
I believe that standard practice no longer recommends reporting a "generalized subsuface profile" because of the hard-to-deny logic that if you are only sampling <.1% of the site, how can you generalize. It used to be that geotechs considered part of their service to provide it and the reports weighed more but nowadays the lawyers are too hungry.
If you are seeking quantity information for a borrow pit or similar mining activity then interpolating between bore holes is connecting the stratigraphic surface points.
It is good practice to do it with borings from the preliminary geotech investigation phase, in order to help identify areas that need further investigation. Also to see if the site conditions match the expected geology. Mark it as "preliminary" in your records and don't report it. ASFE (American Society of Foundation Engineers) can provide guidelines for model report formats.
RE: "Generalized Soil Profile"?