{"product_id":"soil-investigation-and-foundations","title":"Soil Investigation and Foundations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe soil report is the one document on a project that everybody signs for and nobody reads in full. It is also the document that fixes the type of foundation, its depth and its cost, and that explains years later why one building cracked and its neighbour did not. This guide teaches how to read it, and then how to turn its numbers into a decision. Planning the investigation with the number and depth of boreholes, reading a soil report and its borehole logs, the standard penetration test and its corrections, bearing capacity from the SPT and by bearing capacity theory, immediate and consolidation settlement, choosing the foundation type, isolated footings, piles and pile groups, then Gulf soils and protecting concrete against sulphates and chlorides. 10 fully worked examples, every number checked. To BS 5930 · EN 1997-2, ASTM D1586 · D2487 · D2435, EN 1997-1 · Skempton \u0026amp;amp; MacDonald · Bjerrum. 35 pages · Level EL 200 · Revision A. Whoever owns revision A receives every later revision free.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benchmark Guides","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67598715257044,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0856\/0459\/7972\/files\/BG-CIV-201-EN_cover.jpg?v=1790663044","url":"https:\/\/benchmarkguides.com\/products\/soil-investigation-and-foundations","provider":"Benchmark Guides","version":"1.0","type":"link"}