Appendix B- Geotechnical Investigation

Project No. 115-17158
April, 2015
Ref: 1-17158, 2015-04-08, BR VER 1                                                                  Page | 15
John Jamieson – GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION - Proposed Residence, 38 Park Crescent, Sunshine Beach




8.0     LIMITATIONS

We have prepared this report for the use of John Jamieson, for design purposes in
accordance with generally accepted geotechnical engineering practices. No other warranty,
expressed or implied, is made as to the professional advice included in this report. This
report has not been prepared for use by parties other than John Jamieson. It may not
contain sufficient information for purposes of other parties or for other uses.

Your attention is drawn to ‘Appendix A’, ‘Notes Relating to this Report’. Interpretation of
factual data given in this report is based on judgement, not a greater knowledge of facts
other than those reported.

Interpretation of the information shown on the logs, and its application to design and
construction, should therefore take into account the spacing of boreholes, the method of
drilling, the frequency of sampling and testing and the possibility of other than “straight line”
variations between the boreholes. Subsurface conditions between boreholes may vary
significantly from conditions encountered at the borehole locations.

In the event that conditions encountered on site during construction appear to vary from
those expected from the information contained in the report, the Company requests that it
immediately be notified. Most problems are more readily resolved when conditions are
exposed than at some later stage, after the event.

Soil Surveys Engineering consider that a documentation review service (during the design
phase and prior to construction) to verify that the intent of geotechnical recommendations is
properly reflected in the design, along with construction inspections, forms a very important
component of the geotechnical engineering design service/process.

This statement is not intended to reduce the level of responsibility accepted by Soil Surveys
Engineering in accordance with our commission, but rather to ensure that all parties who
may rely on this report are aware of the responsibilities each assumes in doing so and the
risks they accept should they decline to have Soil Surveys Engineering carry out a
geotechnical documentation review and geotechnical construction inspections.

The geotechnical review ensures geotechnical risks to our Client and their project are
minimised at the design and tender stage of the project. Further, with Soil Surveys
Engineering being commissioned to carry out geotechnical construction inspections, an
opportunity at the time of construction to confirm any assumptions made in the preparation
of the report and allow the effect of any normally occurring variation in ground conditions to
be assessed with respect to construction becomes available.