1. SOIL INVESTIGATION REPORT
FOR
PROPOSED BOXING AND GYMNASTIC COURT
AT
ROYAL COLLEGE- COLLOMBO 7
Client:-
DEEPWELL DRILLING & SOIL TECHNOLOGIES (PVT)
LTD
Associate company of
DAX ENGINEERING CO. (PVT) LTD
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TABLE OF CONTENT
1.0 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 1
2.0 SCOPE OF THE WORK............................................................................................. 1
3.0 PROPOSED STRUCTURE ........................................................................................ 2
4.0 SITE RECONNAISSANCE........................................................................................ 2
4.1 GENERAL ..............................................................................................................2
5.0 FIELD INVESTIGATION.......................................................................................... 2
5.1 DRILLING ..............................................................................................................2
5.2 SAMPLING & CLASSIFICATION .......................................................................3
5.3 STANDARD PENETRATION TEST ....................................................................3
5.4 SOIL PROFILE.......................................................................................................4
5.5 GROUND WATER TABLE...................................................................................4
6.0 ENGINEERING APPRECIATION OF SUBSOIL CONDITION ............................. 4
6.1 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS...............................................................................4
APPENDIX I - LOGS OF BOREHOLES
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DAX ENGINEERING (PVT) LTD
REPORT ON
SOIL INVESTIGATION FOR PROPOSED BOXING AND GYMNASTIC
COURT FOR ROYAL COLLEGE- COLLOMBO 7
1.0 INTRODUCTION
On the request of Mr Nandana Karunasena, Deepwell Drilling & Soil Technologies(PVT) Ltd
conducted a soil investigations for proposed boxing and gymnastic court for Royal College-
Colombo 7.
The suggestions and recommendations given in this report are based on the information gathered
from the client, site reconnaissance, field investigations, laboratory soil classification and analysis.
Objectives of the investigation are to obtain:
Geological and geotechnical reconnaissance
Subsurface conditions at the site including soil profile and description.
2.0 SCOPE OF THE WORK
Scope of the investigations is mainly in accordance with the client and is as follows:
Advancing five numbers (5 Nos.) of boreholes at the site using core drilling
technique to establish the soil profile at the site (covering the proposed site).
Conducting Standard Penetration Test (SPT) at 1.0 m intervals.
Data analysing and preparation of report.
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3.0 PROPOSED STRUCTURE
According to the information furnished by the Client, it is intended to construct buildings at the
proposed land. (Plan view of the proposed building is attached below)
4.0 SITE RECONNAISSANCE
4.1 GENERAL
The proposed site is situated at Royal College, Colombo 7.
5.0 FIELD INVESTIGATION
Field investigations were commenced on the 28th of December 2012 and fieldwork was
completed in twelve days.
All field and laboratory tests were carried out in accordance with the following specifications.
BS 5930 British Standard for Site Investigation.
Earth manual published by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
The field work was carried out under the supervision of officer in charge who was responsible for
locating the bore holes, nominating and directing all sampling, providing field logs of the soil
profiles encountered and all other field tests.
5.1 DRILLING
The objective of drilling is to obtain geological and geotechnical information and to understand
the sub-soil conditions. Drilling was carried out by implementing one drilling crew.
Boreholes were carried out using rotary core drilling technique with Heavy drilling machine and
NX size diamond core bits through the overburden.
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5.2 SAMPLING & CLASSIFICATION
All samples were collected under the supervision of the site officer.
Disturbed
Disturbed soil samples from boreholes were collected at every 1.0 m depth intervals by using split
spoon sampler having a sharp cutting edge at its lower end is forced into the ground by dynamic
impact.
5.3 STANDARD PENETRATION TEST
Standard penetration test was conducted at every 1.0m depth intervals in all boreholes in
accordance with the Test No 19 BS 1377 -1975 in order to obtain continues strength profile within
each borehole.
Procedure for SPT
The boreholes were cleaned out to the required depth in such a manner as not to disturb the soil at
the depth at which the test is to be performed.
The cleaned split spoon sampler is then attached to the drilling rods and lowered to the bottom of
the hole. The drive assembly is next connected to the rod.
The sampler then driven into the ground with blows from the 63.5 kg hammer falling through 760
mm.
The sampler is first seated in position by driving 150 mm in the soil, and the number of blows
required to affect this seating were recorded.
The sampler is then driven a further 300 mm (or until 50 blows not including the seating drive),
and the number of blows required for 300 mm penetration after the seating drive were recorded.
The total number of blows required for the 300 mm penetration after the seating drive is termed
the Standard Penetration Resistance (SPT), N.
Disturbed soil samples retained in the SPT split tube were collected for visual soil classification
and for necessary laboratory tests according to BS-1377.
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Graphical representation of SPT values are given in logs of boreholes in Appendix I. For the
purpose of preparing the logs of boreholes, compactness/consistency was classified according to
the following tables.
Table 5.4.1 Cohesionless soils
Compactness SPT No.
Very loose
Loose
Medium dense
Dense
Very dense
0 – 4
4 -10
10 – 30
30 – 50
>50
Table 5.4.2 Cohesive soils
Consistency SPT No.
Very soft
Soft
Firm
Stiff
Very Stiff
Hard
0 – 2
2 -4
4 – 8
8 – 15
15 - 30
>30
5.4 SOIL PROFILE
Engineering logs of the boreholes along with the explanation sheets describing the terms and
symbols used and the SPT values are presented in Appendix I.
5.5 GROUND WATER TABLE
Ground water table of the boreholes has been observed during the period of drilling work and
record the logs of boreholes.
6.0 ENGINEERING APPRECIATION OF SUBSOIL CONDITION
6.1 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
The general observations from borehole information are summarized in Table 6.1 below.