Development Application Part 2 of 2 - Geotech Report and Plans - OPW13/0816

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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 ALJstraliah 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 after 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 information 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 client/contractor 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                            r   sult     in    different      c    ndit ns        betw       n       tim     of
review (overseeing role) during construction, to confirm                         investigation and time of construction.
opinion and interpretation expressed in the report is                            REPRODUCTION OF INFORMA TlON 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

suggestons for design and construction.                         Since the        section is not relevant to the contractual situation, it

test sites in any        exploration represent a very small                              be
                                                                                 may           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                                     this    regard      as    an    extension        of       our    investigation
                                                                given     the

                                                                                 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.LWP
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                                                                                                               SOIL SURVEYS ENGINEERING