BS 5930:2015

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
Section 1: Preliminary considerations
4 Primary objectives
5 Safety on investigation sites
6 Personnel for ground investigations
7 Investigation strategy
8 Planning and control of investigations
9 Quality management
Section 2: Desk study and field reconnaissance
10 General
11 Desk study
12 Field reconnaissance
13 Earlier uses and state of site
14 Aerial photographs and satellite imagery
Section 3: Planning ground investigations
15 Types of ground investigation
16 Geological mapping
17 Scope of the ground investigation
18 Frequency of sampling and testing
19 General considerations in the selection of methods
   of ground investigation
20 The effect of ground conditions on the selection
   of methods of intrusive investigation
21 Ground chemically aggressive or prone to volume change
22 Ground investigations over water
Section 4: Exploratory holes
23 Surveying of investigation points
24 Excavations and boreholes
25 Sampling the ground
26 Groundwater monitoring and sampling
Section 5: Geophysical field investigations
27 General
28 The use of geophysical surveys as part of a ground
   investigation
29 Geophysical techniques
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 Field procedures for description of principal inorganic soil
   type
35 Classification of soils
36 Description and classification of rocks
Section 7: Field tests
Section 8: Field instrumentation
50 General
51 Planning a field monitoring programme
52 Groundwater measurements
53 Inclinometers
54 Extensometers
Section 9: Laboratory tests on samples
55 General
56 Roles and responsibilities
57 Health and safety in laboratories
58 Sample storage and inspection facilities
59 Selection of testing programme
60 Visual examination and description of laboratory samples
61 Laboratory tests
Section 10: Reports and interpretation
62 General
63 Reports
Section 11: Review during and after construction
64 General
65 Purpose of review
66 Information required
67 Monitoring
68 Reporting
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - National safety legislation and
        guidance
Annex B (informative) - General information for a desk study
Annex C (informative) - Sources of information
Annex D (informative) - Detailed information for design and
        construction
Annex E (informative) - Notes on field reconnaissance
Annex F (informative) - Ground investigations and
        development in ground potentially containing voids
Annex G (informative) - Integrated investigations
Annex H (informative) - Photographic records
Bibliography

Defines recommendations for the investigation of sites for the purposes of assessing their suitability for the construction of civil engineering and building works and of acquiring knowledge of the characteristics of a site that could affect the design and construction of such work and the security of neighbouring land and property.