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271117 Techtonic GeoTech Cooroy Mtn Rd
Attached to the e-mail TPA21/0010 - Soil test report.
Borehole No.
TP5
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Engineering Log - Test Pit Project No.: 17385
Client: Mr Ken Freeman Commenced: 09/11/2017
Project Name: Proposed Residential Extensions Completed: 09/11/2017
Hole Location: 400 Cooroy Mountain Road, Cooroy Logged By: RKG
Hole Position: 494932.0 m E 7077092.0 m N MGA94 Zone 56 Checked By: SKD
Equipment Type and Model: 6t Excavator RL Surface: 159.00 m
Excavation Dimensions: 2.5 m Long 0.5 m Wide Datum: AHD Operator: Traxx
Excavation Information Soil Description Observations
Relative Density
Classification
Penetration
Pocket
Consistency
Graphic Log
Samples Material Description
Penetrometer Structure and
Condition
Recovery
Tests soil type: plasticity or particle characteristics,
Moisture
UCS Additional Observations
Symbol
Method
secondary and minor components, colour
Water
Remarks RL Depth (kPa)
(m) (m)
100
200
300
400
500
Silty CLAY (TOPSOIL), medium plasticity, pale
brown, with rootlets F to
CH D
Silty CLAY (RESIDUAL) high plasticity, brown St
CH Silty CLAY (RESIDUAL) high plasticity, grey
mottled orange, with fine grained sand, trace
of fine to medium sized sub-angular gravel
158.5
St
0.5
DS
0.5-0.7m M
Not Encountered
CH Sandy CLAY (RESIDUAL) high plasticity, pale
158.0
1.0 grey mottled yellow, fine to coarse grained
E
DS sand, with silt and fine to coarse sized angular
TECTONIC 2.00.1 LIB.GLB Log 1 TECTONIC BOREHOLE 17385.GPJ <<DrawingFile>> 24/11/2017 08:41 8.30.004 Datgel Lab and In Situ Tool - DGD | Lib: Tectonic 2.00.1 2016-02-17 Prj: Tectonic 2.00 2016-02-16
1-1.2m gravel
W
VSt
157.5
1.5
becoming dark grey, with cobbles and
boulders
M
RHYOLITE, highly weathered, pale yellow
157.0
2.0 brown to red brown, very low strength,
recovered as cobbles 30-60mm in size
Hole Terminated at 2.00 m
Bucket Refusal
156.5
2.5
Method Penetration Water Samples and Tests Moisture Condition Consistency/Relative Density
N - Natural Exposure No resistance Level (Date) U - Undisturbed Sample D - Dry VS - Very Soft
X - Existing Excavation ranging to D - Disturbed Sample M - Moist S - Soft
BH - Backhoe Bucket refusal Inflow CBR- CBR Mould Sample W - Wet F - Firm
R - Ripper VSt - Very Stiff
E - Excavator H - Hard
Plastic Limit VL - Very Loose
L - Loose
Classification Symbols < PL MD - Medium Dense
and Soil Descriptions = PL D - Dense
Based on Unified Soil < PL VD - Very Dense
Classification System
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