Before you begin developing and building on a site, it is vital you get the soil tested. Soil testing for new homes is needed to determine the composition of the soil and if it can properly support a foundation. It’s also normally a necessary part of getting the project signed off…

In this part of the world little emphasis is placed on soil test before a building is erected, hence, there is a need to bring this aspect of structural engineering under radar and this article attempts to do justice to that. Building projects require careful and thorough planning because they can…

Different methods of soil exploration for study of soil profiles are: 1. Open Excavation A pit, eventually, can be excavated for exploring shallower depths, say of the order of 2 to 5 m, or so. Such a pit can be easily excavated at the proposed construction site, if the soil has…