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Chapter 1 PLANNING AND SCOPE<br />

Table 1.2 Recommended Number <strong>and</strong> Depth of Borings<br />

LOCATION TO BE<br />

INVESTIGATED<br />

NEW SITE OF<br />

FAIRLY WIIDE<br />

EXTENT<br />

FOUNDATIONS<br />

FOR<br />

STRUCTURES<br />

Low-rise, 1 or 2<br />

Storey Buildings<br />

Multi-storey<br />

Buildings<br />

Buildings on Poor<br />

or Variable<br />

Grounds<br />

Bridge piers,<br />

Abutments,<br />

STABILITY<br />

SLOPES<br />

ROADS,<br />

RUNWAYS<br />

PIPELINES<br />

OF<br />

AND<br />

BORROW PITS<br />

(for compacted<br />

fill)<br />

DISTANCE BETWEEN BORINGS<br />

(m)<br />

Horizontal Stratification of Soil<br />

Uniform Average Erratic<br />

MINIMUM<br />

NUMBER OF<br />

BORINGS<br />

REQUIRED<br />

(nos.)<br />

RECOMMENDED<br />

MINIMUM DEPTH<br />

- - - 5 to 10 -<br />

60 30 15<br />

45 30 15<br />

- - -<br />

- 30 7.5<br />

- - -<br />

- -<br />

1 to 3 for<br />

each structure<br />

2 to 4 for<br />

each structure<br />

2 to 4 for<br />

each structure<br />

1 to 3 for<br />

each pier or<br />

abutment<br />

3 to 5 along<br />

each critical<br />

section<br />

250 150 30 -<br />

300 -<br />

150<br />

150 - 60 30 - 15 - -<br />

1.5 times width of<br />

loaded or plan area<br />

1.5 times width of<br />

loaded or plan area<br />

or up to 6m into<br />

firm or hard layer<br />

or 3m into<br />

bedrock, whichever<br />

encountered earlier<br />

Up to 9m into firm<br />

or hard layer or<br />

4.5m into bedrock,<br />

whichever<br />

encountered layer<br />

Up to 10.5m into<br />

firm or hard layer<br />

or 6m into<br />

bedrock, whichever<br />

encountered layer<br />

Below slip plane or<br />

6m into firm or<br />

hard layer or 3m<br />

into bedrock,<br />

whichever<br />

encountered earlier<br />

2m to 3m below<br />

formation for<br />

roads, 6m below<br />

formation for<br />

runways, 0.5m<br />

below invert for<br />

pipelines<br />

March 2009 1-7

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