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BS 5930 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR GROUND INVESTIGATIONS
Hardcopy , PDF
31-07-2015
English
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
Section 1 - Preliminary considerations
4 Primary objectives
5 Safety on investigation sites
6 Investigation strategy
7 Planning and control invsestigations
8 Quality management
Section 2 - Desk Studies and field reconaissance
9 General
10 Desk study
11 Field reconnaissance
12 Earlier uses and state of site
13 Aerial photographs and satellite imagery
Section 3 - Planning ground investigations
14 Types of ground investigation
15 Geological mapping
16 Scope of the ground investigation
17 Frequency of sampling and testing
18 General considerations in the selection of methods
of methods of ground investigation
19 The effect of ground conditions on the selection of
methods of ground investigation
20 Ground chemically aggressive or prone to volume
change
21 Ground investigations over water
22 Personnel for ground investigations
Section 4 - Field work
23 Surveying of investigation points
24 Excavations and boreholes
25 Sampling the ground
26 Groundwater
Section 5 - Geophysical field investigations
27 General
28 Geophysical techniques
29 The use of geophysical surveys as part of a site
investigation
30 Application of geophysical techniques
31 Specification and planning of a geophysical survey
Section 6 - Description of soils and rocks
32 The description process
33 Description of soils
34 Classification of soils
35 Field procedures for description of principal soil type
36 Description and classification of rocks
Section 7 - Field tests
37 General
38 Probing
39 Standard penetration test
40 Vane test
41 Pressuremeter tests
42 Groundwater: its nature, extent
and geohydraulic properties
43 Field density
44 In-situ stress measurements
45 Plate tests
46 Bearing tests
47 In-situ shear tests
Section 8 - Field instrumentation
48 General
49 Pore water pressures
50 Piezometers
51 Inclinometers
52 Extensometers
53 Planning a field monitoring programme
Section 9 - Laboratory tests on samples
54 General
55 Roles and responsibilities
56 Health and safety in laboratories
57 Sample storage and inspection facilities
58 Selection of testing programme
59 Visual examination and description of laboratory
samples
60 Laboratory tests
Section 10 - Reports and interpretation
61 General
62 Reports
Section 11 - Review during and after construction
63 General
64 Purpose
65 Information required
66 Instrumentation
67 Reporting
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - National safety legislation
Annex B (informative) - General information required
for desk study
Annex C (informative) - Sources of information
Annex D (informative) - Notes on field reconnaissance
Annex E (informative) - Detailed information for design and
construction
Annex F (informative) - Site investigations and development
in ground potentially containing voids
Annex G (informative) - Photographic records
Annex H (informative) - Integrated investigations
Bibliography
BS 5930.
Committee |
B/526/3
|
DocumentType |
Draft
|
Pages |
279
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PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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Status |
Superseded
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