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How we can findout the strength of soil condition in site ?

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Question added by Razeeb AbdulRazak valiyakath , Site Civil Engineer , SILPA Projects and InfraStructure (I) pvt.Ltd
Date Posted: 2014/05/19
Muhammad Khalil
by Muhammad Khalil , Chief Engineer (Civil) , Water and Sanitation Services Mardan

 Just dig out the soil for3 ft and if the soild is not waterlogged and clayey or silty clay soil then it will have bearing capacity of about1 ton/sqft

Hassan Shahin
by Hassan Shahin , Quality Assurance section head , SIAC

you can perform plate load test on the natural soil to indecate the bearing capacity in addition to the moduls of elastisty of the soil.

however you could find all the soil properties from NSPT

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