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    Riga Latvia Ground conditions

    Has anyone out there done any GI or geotech design in the centre of Riga Latvia? Any information on ground conditions, geology, etc would be much appreciated.
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    ground investigations Libya

    Does anyone know of ground investigation contractors for work in Tripoli, Libya?
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    Volumetric heave spec in UK

    The spec for highway works in the UK specifies a Gv of 3% for material with lime and/or hydraulic binder. Anyone know why it is set at 3%? I am doing some research on this test and find it hard to meet this criteria with the soils I am testing. They very rarely have a volumetric heave below 3%...
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    Volumetric Heave Test bs en 13286 49

    I am doing some research on a British standard BS en 13286 49 Accelerated swelling test for soils with lime/ hydraulic binders. Does anyone have any background info on this test? It looks it originates in this paper by Petry, T.M. and Little, D.N. (1992). Update on sulphate-induced heave in...
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    Resilient modulus

    Please could someone explain the difference between resilient modulus, youngs modulus, dynamic modulus and static modulus.
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    Heave in stabilised/ modified material

    Anyone got any ideas on a quick method of determining the heave potential of stabilised or modified material. The method used at present is BS1924 method i.e. air curing CBR for 3 days followed by 25 days soaking at 20 degrees centigrade. Can anyone reccommend a better test.
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    pressuremeters

    Does anyone know anything about using pressuremeter in pavement design?
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    solidification of leachates and strength of material

    Does anyone know of any research or information on the correlation between solidification of contaminated soil and the strength of the soil using quick undrained triaxials, ucs, FWD, cone penetration, NAT tests, CBR, plate bearing, clegg hammer etc
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