To be honest, I can understand why the geotechnical engineering community is always complaining about lack of appropriately skilled staff. I have been working as a geotech engineer for 7 months after graduating and have been so neglected by my company in terms of training and development that I...
Thanks for your prompt reply!
Very true, but removal of the overburden was always my intention - my concern is due to the presence of the cutting itself.
This is the first time I have approached the study of bridge foundations and I can understand the construction of footings directly onto...
I agree whole-heartedly with the above.
Recently spent/wasted two whole days grappling with shear vanes in peat and most, if not all of my results were 'interestingly' high.
In my opinion, the time spent trying to get half-decent results from this process far outweighs any benefits gained...
Hi,
I am trying to gather information regarding the construction of a footbridge over a 10m wide railway cutting.
The cutting runs through strong, fresh to slightly weathered granite with an overburden of up to 1m of boulder clay/till.
I am looking into the preliminary design of the...
Thanks for your support Rockjoint,
At the moment I am using Rocscience's "Dips" program to analyse the scnaline data which I have collected for the cutting.
Have found it good to use so far, it seems easy to use and have seen some impressive results.
Am slowly getting there with my...
Hi,
As part of my final year at University I am performing a slope stability assessment of a 1.5km railway cutting, varying in height from 6-10m. The cutting runs through slightly weathered, strong, homogeneous granite and is capped with a 1-6m layer of boulder clay. The occasional faulted...
Hi,
As part of my final year at University I am performing a slope stability assessment of a 1.5km railway cutting, varying in height from 6-10m. The cutting runs through slightly weathered, strong, homogeneous granite and is capped with a 1-6m layer of boulder clay. The occasional faulted...
Hi,
Still trying to get to grips with this interpretive report I'm afraid...please excuse my ignorance as I am rather inexperienced in this field. Please don't worry about any disasters which may result from my lack of knowledge as this report will never be used and is purely for my benefit...
Thanks Ron & Coneboy,
Sorry, didn't want to scare anyone - luckily it's not real data (well, actually it's from a project that was completed years ago) it's something that I took on as part of my training to keep me busy over the weekend!
The interpretation of the data is not so much of a...
Hi,
I have been given the task of writing an interpretive report on some borehole data from a potential (large) site but being fairly new at this I am not sure of the correct procedure to undertake.
The borehole logs show the SPT results for every few meters through various strata down the...
