1-22276-01 site plan

                                       NOTES RELATING TO THIS REPORT
                                                         September, 2019


review the report and the sufficiency of the investigation           complex, it is prudent to have a joint design review which
work.                                                                involves a senior geotechnical engineer. We would be happy
                                                                     to assist in this regard as an extension of our investigation
Every care is taken with the report as it relates to
                                                                     commission. Construction drawings should be reviewed by
interpretation of subsurface conditions, discussion of
                                                                     Soil Surveys Engineering, with sufficient time to allow
geotechnical aspects and recommendations or suggestions
                                                                     changes if required, prior to inspections. Otherwise Soil
for design and construction. Since the test sites in any
                                                                     Surveys Engineering reserves the right to refuse to carry out
exploration represent a very small proportion of the total site
                                                                     inspections.
and since the exploration only identifies actual ground
conditions at the test sites, even under the best                    SITE INSPECTION
circumstances actual conditions may vary from those
                                                                     The Company will always be pleased to provide engineering
inferred to exist. No responsibility is taken for:-
                                                                     inspection services for geotechnical aspects of work to which
    Unexpected variations in ground and/or groundwater              this report is related.
     conditions.
                                                                           i.   Site visits during construction to confirm reported
    Changes in policy or interpretation of policy by statutory                 ground conditions
     authorities.                                                       ii.     Site visits to assist the contractor or other site
                                                                                personnel in identifying various soil/rock types such
    The actions of other persons.
                                                                                as appropriate footing or pier founding depths, the
    Any work where the company is not given the                                stability of a filled or excavated slope; or
     opportunity to supervise the construction using the               iii.     Full-time engineering presence on site.
     Companies designs/recommendations.
                                                                     In the vast majority of cases it is advantageous to the
If differences occur, the Company will be pleased to assist          principal for the geotechnical engineer who wrote the
with investigation or advice to resolve any problems                 investigation report to be involved in the construction stage
occurring.                                                           of the project.

SITE ANOMALIES                                                       The geotechnical engineer cannot take responsibility for
                                                                     variations in encountered conditions, where he is not given
In the event that conditions encountered on site during              the opportunity to review plans for the proposed
construction appear to vary from those expected from the             development with sufficient time to allow review and make
information contained in the report, the Company requests            changes to the proposed development if required, and where
that it immediately be notified. Most problems are more              he is not given the opportunity to inspect the site and
readily resolved when conditions are exposed than at some            oversee construction methods with regard to site conditions
later stage, well after the event.                                   with sufficient time to observe all relevant site conditions and
Extreme events including but not limited to the results of           operations.
climate change, e.g. flood levels above previously identified        RESPONSIBLE USE OF GEOTECHNICAL
levels, beach scour or erosion beyond normal expectations
(as identified by local authorities) extreme rainfall events,        INFORMATION
war, espionage, sabotage may result in different conditions          Recommendations in our report are for design purposes only
between time of investigation and time of construction.              and provided on the basis that inspections are carried out to
                                                                     allow finalisation of opinions and recommendations
REPRODUCTION OF INFORMATION FOR
                                                                     contained in our report.
CONTRACTUAL PURPOSES
                                                                     The geotechnical investigation consisting of field and
Attention is drawn to the document “Guidelines for the               laboratory testing has been carried out to indicate typical
Provision of Geotechnical Information in Construction                conditions by indicating conditions and parameters at the
Contracts (1987)”, published by the Institution of Engineers,        specific locations of boreholes/test pits. Subsurface
Australia. Where information obtained from this investigation        conditions are indicated at these locations only and the
is provided for tendering purposes, it is recommended that all       inference of conditions between or away from these locations
information, including the written report and discussion, be         (interpolation and extrapolation) involves a certain degree of
made available. In circumstances, where the discussion or            risk. Persons inferring such conditions or carrying out such
comments section is not relevant to the contractual situation,       inferences should do so with a degree of caution and
it may be appropriate to prepare a specially edited                  conservatism which is commensurate with the consequences
document. The Company would be pleased to assist in this             of the risk of error.
regard and/or to make additional report copies available for
contract purposes at a nominal charge.                               Estimates of volumes based on our findings require
                                                                     interpolation and extrapolation between test locations and as
REVIEW OF DESIGN                                                     such may be significantly different from actual volumes.
Where major civil or structural developments are propose or
where only a limited investigation has been completed or
where the geotechnical conditions/ constraints are quite