A Short Course in Geotechnical Site Investigation






A SHORT COURSE IN

GEOTECHNICAL SITE INVESTIGATION

NOEL SIMONS, BRUCE MENZIES and MARCUS MATTHEWS


Preface

A Short Course in Geotechnical Site Investigation is based on University of Surrey short courses. These courses were designed not only to familiar-

ize students with the practicalities of geotechnical engineering but also to refresh the knowledge of practising engineering geologists and civil and structural engineers.

To provide the necessary focus required by this short course (and there-

fore short) book, we have tried to minimize detail so that the fundamental

principles of geotechnical site investigation will stand out. Sometimes, however, the subject considered was of such importance (e.g. desk study) or complexity (e.g. parameter determination) that we have not been as short as we had hoped. For this we apologize to the reader! Because of space considerations, geoenvironmental site investigation is not considered here, and we have also restricted our remit to the planning

of the geotechnical site investigation rather than its execution.



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