Righto chaps,
I was lounging at home watching tele the other night when I heard a rather shocking 'fact'. I was watching 'oil riggers' about static oil rig in the states, following the trials and tribulations of drillers and roughnecks. Anyway, the programme stated that,,,get this,,,eight...
Any British geotechs seen the new BS for soil descriptions?
BS EN ISO 14688-1 & BS EN ISO 14688-2
Can anyone hightlight any changes from BS 5930?? The new standards appear to be predominantely for field / insitu descriptions.
Soiledup
Can anyone point me in the direction of reference material for the use of PUF in abandoned mine workings. Can it used to stabilise shallow surface mining features? Does it have any structural strength? Is it just a void filling mechanism?
Thereason i ask is that I have shallow surface mining...
Does anyone have any experience using a clegg hammer to obtain CBR results? What are its limitations and how does it compare to a traditional CBR setup? Is there a direct correlation between CBR setup and Clegg hammer?? Any help appreciated.
A client of mine is looking at placing single residential unit on the crest of a slope. An approximation is that the slope has 1-1.5m head deposit covering slightly weathered granite. There is no granite exposure to map joints, is orientated coring the cheapest / quickest way of measuring...
