Changes Application - MCU15/0023.02

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LABORATORY TESTING                                                         If differences occur, the Company will be pleased to
Laboratory       testing     is    normally      carried     out    in     assist with investigation or advice to resolve any
accordance with Australian Standard 1289 "Methods of                       problems occurring.
Testing Soil for Engineering Purposes". Details of the                     SITE ANOMALIES
test procedure used are given on the individual report                     In the event that conditions encountered on site during
forms and the attached explanatory notes summarize                         construction appear to vary from those expected from
important aspects of the Laboratory Test Procedures                        the information contained in the report, the Company
adopted.                                                                   requests that it immediately             be notified.        Most
ENGINEERING REPORTS                                                        problems are more readily resolved when conditions
Engineering       reports        are    prepared     by     qualified      are exposed than at some later stage, well atter the
personnel and are based on the information obtained                        event.
and on current engineering standards of interpretation                     Extreme events including but not limited to the results
and analysis. The infonmation provided in Soil Surveys                     of climate change, ego flood levels above previously
Engineering reports is opinion and interpretation and                      identified levels, beach scour or erosion beyond
not factual.     The c1ienVcontractor increases their risk                 normal expectations (as identified by local authorities)
by   not retaining         the    person       who authored the            extreme rainfall events, war, espionage, sabotage may
geotechnical report, to carry out site inspection and                      result    in   different    conditions    between        time   of
review (overseeing role) during construction, to confirm                   investigation and time of construction.
opinion and interpretation expressed in the report is                      REPRODUCTION OF INFORMATION FOR
accurate. Where the report has been prepared for a                         CONTRACTUAL PURPOSES
specific    design      proposal         the     information       and     Attention is drawn to the document "Guidelines for the
interpretation    may not be relevant if the design                        Provision of Geotechnical Information in Construction
proposal is changed. If this happens, the Company will                     Contracts (1987)",         published by the Institution of
be pleased to review the report and the sufficiency of                     Engineers, Australia. Where information obtained from
the investigation work.                                                    this investigation is provided for tendering purposes, it
Every care is taken with the report as it relates to                       is recommended that all information, including the
interpretation of subsurface conditions, discussion of                     written report and discussion, be made available.               In
geotechnical       aspects        and     recommendations           or     circumstances,     where     the discussion or comments
suggestions for design and construction.                   Since the       section is not relevant to the contractual situation, it
test sites in any exploration represent a very small                       may be appropriate to prepare a specially edited
proportion of the total site and since the exploration                     document. The Company would be pleased to assist
only identifies actual ground conditions at the test sites,                in this regard and/or to make additional report copies
even under the best circumstances actual conditions                        available for contract purposes at a nominal charge.
may vary from those inferred to exist. No responsibility                   REVIEW OF DESIGN
is taken for:-                                                             Where major civil or structural developments are
.Unexpected variations in ground and/or groundwater                        proposed       or where only a limited investigation has
conditions.                                                                been completed or where the geotechnical conditions/
• Changes in policy or interpretation of policy by                         constraints are quite complex, it is prudent to have a
statutory authorities.                                                     joint    design    review     which      involves    a     senior

•The actions of other persons.                                             geotechnical engineer. We would be happy to assist in

•Any work         where the company is not given the                       this regard as an extension of our investigation
                                                                           commission.         Construction      drawings      should      be
opportunity to supervise the construction using the
                                                                           reviewed by Soil Surveys Engineering, with sufficient
Companies designs/recommendations.
                                                                           time to allow changes if required, prior to inspections.




NOTES RELA TlNG TO THIS REPORT.    JUNE 2009                                                      SOIL SURVEYS ENGINEERING