Btk 1,
It seems to me that you think the above posters are trying to be difficult. They are simply trying to let you know that there is not a generic scope of work
because there is not a generic job/site.
What I think you mean (?) is when you go to a geotech consultant with "this is...
I've dealt with these clays also, and one way to reduce time needed to reach at least 0.95 is to use as small a sample as possible. When I first started (before I knew better) I was using 3" diameter samples. Now I trim all high clay samples down.
