Appendix B - Geotechnical Investigation Report

Reasonable care is taken with the report as it relates to              be pleased to assist in this regard and/or to make additional report
interpretation of subsurface conditions, discussion of geotechnical    copies available for contract purposes at a nominal charge.
aspects and recommendations or suggestions for design and
                                                                       Copyright in all documents (such as drawings, borehole or test pit
construction. However, the Company cannot always anticipate or
                                                                       logs, reports and specifications) provided by the Company shall
assume responsibility for:
                                                                       remain the property of Jeffery and Katauskas Pty Ltd. Subject to the
   Unexpected variations in ground conditions – the potential for     payment of all fees due, the Client alone shall have a licence to use
    this will be partially dependent on borehole spacing and           the documents provided for the sole purpose of completing the
    sampling frequency as well as investigation technique.             project to which they relate. Licence to use the documents may be
   Changes in policy or interpretation of policy by statutory         revoked without notice if the Client is in breach of any obligation to
    authorities.                                                       make a payment to us.
   The actions of persons or contractors responding to commercial
    pressures.                                                         REVIEW OF DESIGN
   Details of the development that the Company could not              Where major civil or structural developments are proposed or where
    reasonably be expected to anticipate.                              only a limited investigation has been completed or where the
                                                                       geotechnical conditions/constraints are quite complex, it is prudent
If these occur, the Company will be pleased to assist with             to have a joint design review which involves an experienced
investigation or advice to resolve any problems occurring.             geotechnical engineer/engineering geologist.

SITE ANOMALIES                                                         SITE INSPECTION
In the event that conditions encountered on site during construction   The Company will always be pleased to provide engineering
appear to vary from those which were expected from the                 inspection services for geotechnical aspects of work to which this
information contained in the report, the Company requests that it      report is related.
immediately be notified. Most problems are much more readily
resolved when conditions are exposed rather than at some later         Requirements could range from:
stage, well after the event.                                           i)   a site visit to confirm that conditions exposed are no worse than
                                                                            those interpreted, to
REPRODUCTION OF INFORMATION FOR CONTRACTUAL                            ii) a visit to assist the contractor or other site personnel in
PURPOSES                                                                   identifying various soil/rock types and appropriate footing or
Where information obtained from this investigation is provided for         pile founding depths, or
tendering purposes, it is recommended that all information,            iii) full time engineering presence on site.
including the written report and discussion, be made available. In
circumstances where the discussion or comments section is not
relevant to the contractual situation, it may be appropriate to
prepare a specially edited document. The Company would




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