SITE INVESTIGATION

 

 

DEFINITION

 

Site Investigation (SI) is the exploration or discovery of the ground conditions to enable engineers to make informed design decisions

 

 

OBJECTIVE OF SITE INVESTIGATION

 

• The British Standard Code of Practice BS 5930:1991 gives a list of the objects of site investigation as follows:
• To assess the general suitability of the site and environs for the proposed works
• To enable an adequate and economic design to be prepared, including the design of temporary works
• To plan the best method of construction; to foresee and provide agains difficulties and delays that may arise during construction due to ground and other local conditions
• To determine the changes that may arise in the ground and environmental conditions, either naturally or as a result of the works, and the effect of such changes on the works, and the environment in general where alternatives exist, to advice on the relative suitability of different sites, or different parts of the same site.