Using the project documentation you gathered for the previous..
Using the project documentation you gathered for the previous..
Using the project documentation you gathered for the previous site inspection, review the plans, and project documentation for compliance with BCA requirements in relation to bushfire and high wind. Specifically:
- Identify and document the correct BCA references for bushfire and high wind compliance related to Class 1 and 10 buildings
- Assess the project documentation to identify if these compliance requirements have been met. Explain how you came to your conclusion in a brief report.
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Geotechnical Report
Once the above investigations are undertaken the information is collated into a report detailing the results of the tests and recommending appropriate footing systems for the specific site and proposed building.
A basic geotechnical report should detail the following information:
Site Description
Identifying the location of the site, its physical features and existing structures present on the site.
Proposed development
The report should identify and state the proposed structure. This ensures that the engineer has understood the brief and that the contents of the report and testing methods used is within the same context as the proposed building.
Method of Investigations
The report must detail the method implemented in its investigations and the specific locations of where the tests were undertaken needs to marked on a plan. It is quite common for a geotechnical engineer to undertake numerous types of testing at various locations around the site.
Site Geology and Subsurface conditions
The report should detail the findings with a summary on each of the tests undertaken. The site geology and the subsurface structure and its classification. The depths reached by borehole investigations and whether any ground water encountered. This section of the report should also detail bearing ratios and allowable bearing pressures.
Principle geotechnical constraints
This section of the report provides a summary of the principal features of the soil which impacts the site with description on average depths of various soils. Types of soil encountered and their classification. The presence of rock and its depth.
Site Preparation
This section of the report provides recommendation for site preparation, the removal of top soil, whether compaction is required or suitable fills may needed to be imported if the existing soil is unsuitable for the future building. Should import fills be required then the report should outline the fills composition, thickness, minimum density ratio and the level of compaction required.
Building Foundation
Based on the findings, the report should provide guidelines on the design of building foundations and the system of suitable footings to be designed. It should also detail if required bored pier thicknesses and allowable bearing pressures.
Test Results
This section of the report is usually an appendix section which includes a plan of where the testing was undertaken and detailed results of the testing. If bore holes were undertaken then cross sections of each borehole need to be detailed showing detailed information on each borehole, outlining various depths of each subsoil structure, notes on miscellaneous items that may have been encountered such as ground water, foreign objects, previously imported fill materials.
Geotechnical engineering results would be passed onto the structural engineer to support the relevant sub soil terrain, allowing the structural engineer to produce the required structural design plans and the specification towards the footings, slabs and retaining walls.
The evidence collated towards the geotechnical analysis would be presented to a Structural Engineer to allow the engineer to insert the ground condition results into the planning and designing phase for the structural integrity of the building’s design for footings, columns and slabs.
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