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Appendix E - Geotechnical Report
Borehole No.
TP2
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Engineering Log - Test Pit Project No.: 18127
Client: Murray & Michelle Richardson Commenced: 17/05/2018
Project Name: Proposed Reconfiguration of a Lot Completed: 17/05/2018
Hole Location: 216 Black Mountain Road, Black Mountain Logged By: RKG
Hole Position: 486722.0 m E 7078670.0 m N MGA94 Zone 56 Checked By: ACD
Equipment Type and Model: 6t Excavator RL Surface: No survey
Excavation Dimensions: 2.5 m Long 0.6 m Wide Datum: AHD Operator: Bebrok
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
CH Silty CLAY, high plasticity, brown, with fine 0.00: TOPSOIL
grained sand and trace of rootlets St
CH Silty CLAY, high plasticity, pale orange brown 0.20: RESIDUAL
DS
0.3-0.4m St to
VSt
0.5
DS CI becoming orange brown, medium plasticity,
0.6-0.8m trace of fine size angular gravel
1.0
M
Not Encountered
VSt
TECTONIC 2.00.2 LIB.GLB Log 1 TECTONIC BOREHOLE 18127.GPJ <<DrawingFile>> 01/06/2018 16:59 10.0.000 Datgel Lab and In Situ Tool - DGD | Lib: Tectonic 2.00.2 2016-10-13 Prj: Tectonic 2.00 2016-02-16
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1.5
CH Silty CLAY. high plasticity, pale grey mottled 1.80: EW MATERIAL
pale orange brown and red, with subangular
cobbles of weathered phyllite up to 100 mm
2.0 St to
VSt
PHYLLITE, highly to moderately weathered, 2.30: ROCKHEAD
pale grey stained red brown and yellow brown,
very low strength, relict bedding planes
2.5 weathered to pale grey silty clay
Hole Terminated at 2.80 m
Limit reach of excavator due to sloped setup
3.0
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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