geotech report · MCU15/0087

Important information about your Coffey Report

Data should not be separated from the report*              Rely on Coffey for additional assistance
The report as a whole presents the findings of the site    Coffey is familiar with a variety of techniques and
assessment and the report should not be copied in part     approaches that can be used to help reduce risks for
or altered in any way. Logs, figures, drawings, etc. are   all parties to a project, from design to construction. It is
customarily included in our reports and are developed      common that not all approaches will be necessarily
by scientists, engineers or geologists based on their      dealt with in your site assessment report due to
interpretation of field logs (assembled by field           concepts proposed at that time. As the project
personnel) and laboratory evaluation of field samples.     progresses through design towards construction,
These logs etc. should not under any circumstances         speak with Coffey to develop alternative approaches to
be redrawn for inclusion in other documents or             problems that may be of genuine benefit both in time
separated from the report in any way.                      and cost.

Geoenvironmental concerns are not at issue                 Responsibility
Your report is not likely to relate any findings,          Reporting relies on interpretation of factual information
conclusions, or recommendations about the potential        based on judgement and opinion and has a level of
for hazardous materials existing at the site unless        uncertainty attached to it, which is far less exact than
specifically required to do so by the client. Specialist   the design disciplines. This has often resulted in claims
equipment, techniques, and personnel are used to           being lodged against consultants, which are
perform       a     geoenvironmental       assessment.     unfounded. To help prevent this problem, a number of
Contamination can create major health, safety and          clauses have been developed for use in contracts,
environmental risks. If you have no information about      reports and other documents. Responsibility clauses
the potential for your site to be contaminated or create   do not transfer appropriate liabilities from Coffey to
an environmental hazard, you are advised to contact        other parties but are included to identify where Coffey's
Coffey for information relating to geoenvironmental        responsibilities begin and end. Their use is intended to
issues.                                                    help all parties involved to recognise their individual
                                                           responsibilities. Read all documents from Coffey
                                                           closely and do not hesitate to ask any questions you
                                                           may have.




                                                           * For further information on this aspect reference should be
                                                           made to "Guidelines for the Provision of Geotechnical
                                                           information in Construction Contracts" published by the
                                                           Institution of Engineers Australia, National headquarters,
                                                           Canberra, 1987.