Soil Boring Layout by SER
Soil Boring Layout by SER
(OP)
as structural engineers, we are routinely asked to layout soil borings by our architect clients, which are passed along to the geotech.
while it might be common, to me, it has never made much sense. ive always contended that the geotech needs to develop opinions based on the borings and should be responsible for placement, provided he has access to the building layout, a description and estimated column loads.
does anyone else see it any other way? should the SER be responsible for this from your perspective?
while it might be common, to me, it has never made much sense. ive always contended that the geotech needs to develop opinions based on the borings and should be responsible for placement, provided he has access to the building layout, a description and estimated column loads.
does anyone else see it any other way? should the SER be responsible for this from your perspective?






RE: Soil Boring Layout by SER
RE: Soil Boring Layout by SER
That being said, you should provide the geotech with any information you have on the site (anecdotal and tangible info) along with a preliminary foundation plan or at least the column locations. If you can give max/average column loads, even better.
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Dave
Thaidavid
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What do you guys typically do if a geotech is not even on board yet and the arch is having you look at proposed boring locations?
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I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.
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Mike Lambert
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I'm not deriving a professional opinion about the soils. Seems like it's adding to my liability.
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A good reference would be your states DOT soil exploration guidelines. It will give you minimum boring requirements for different types of structures and other information. Its usually overkill for the private sector but you can at least have a reference to follow.