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    Percent Swell of Soils, ASTM D4546

    Thank you for your insight MTNClimber & ATSE. I have spoken to the owner and requested we have a geotech take a look and give his recommendations before I can proceed.
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    Percent Swell of Soils, ASTM D4546

    No this is extremely helpful, and thank you for your insight! Yes, I know all about the 1D test and that is exactly what was completed for the site, ASTM 4546, and it came back at 2.16% but that is where I had to stop. That number really does not mean anything to me, is that a lot or a little...
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    Percent Swell of Soils, ASTM D4546

    Thanks for the response MTNClimber. The soil is from the SE corner of Arizona.
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    an alternative to GINT

    There is a free application out there that I have found to be useful, EasyLog.
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    Percent Swell of Soils, ASTM D4546

    Hello, I have spent some time searching the forum for a discussion regarding this and did not find anything so I figured I could ask.. I have received a soil test result for a proposed foundation design on some potentially expansive soils. I am familiar with relating the Atterberg and %silt &...

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