doolittle2
In the UK certainly on contracts I have been involved with there has been not only a reduction in the volume of earthworks testing carried out but a reduction in the range of tests.
Add to this the fact that most testing is carried out by labs employed by and for the contractor a lot...
Hi Soiled Up and SiteMonkey
Thanks for the info re Highways Agency contracts and their use of this material I'll have to take a look see at those locations especially as one of them is only just in Cornwall.
Soiledup your advice on in-situ testing is valable as is yours
SiteMonkey on the need...
Hi Soiledup
You sound one clued up s**tkicker, you're spot on, I am working in Cornwall (just) but my problem is with geo-tech opinion at the moment or, to be fair, my problem is with my head, which I cannot get to accept that whatever the in-situ or as dug state of a material is, if it turns...
Hi
Can any of the rock hounds out there help me with this one, can an argillaceous rock be classified as Class 1 granular material for use in UK highway construction.
In it's as dug state this material is soft/medium rock known locally as shillet sic. but when crushed and exposed to rain becomes...