Geotechnical engineer
Boreholes, the soil report and the right foundation.
- 1🗺️Boreholes on the map
- 2🧊The soil under each footing
- 3📸An excavation photo from site
- 4🧪Pile tests
- 08:00
Puts new boreholes on the site map
- 11:00
Answers an excavation photo with a different layer
- 14:00
Reviews a pile load test result
- 16:00
Updates the soil report on the foundations
The geotechnical engineer drills boreholes, reads the soil layers and the groundwater level, and sets the soil's bearing capacity and the right foundation: raft, footings or piles.
A soil mistake shows years later as settlement or cracks, and fixing it costs more than anything. During excavation, site comes back to them if the layers differ from the report.
In EDC boreholes show on the site map where they were drilled, and the soil report is tied to the foundations on the model. Anyone who taps a footing sees the soil beneath it.
The site engineer photographs the excavation and sends it if the soil looks different, and they answer with a decision in steps. Pile and compaction tests are logged on each element.
- ✓Put boreholes on the site map
- ✓Tie the soil report to the foundations
- ✓Answer site when the soil differs
- ★Less settlement and fewer cracks
- ★Quick decisions during excavation
- ★Soil data kept with the building