The article is useful for all Engineers.

1. W H Y G E O T E C H N I C A L E N G I N E E R I S
I M P O R T A N T ? W E L L B E F O R E D E S I G N O F
S T R U C T U R E V I Z A S T R U C T U R A L E N G I N E E R .
GEOTECHNICAL INPUTS FOR A
PROJECT

2. GEOTECHNICAL INPUTS
 THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEER ROLE.
 HE VISITS THE SITE
 HE UNDERSTANDS THE LOCATION
 HE READS THE LAYOUT PLAN
 HE ASK THE SURVEY PLAN OF SITE.
 HE HAVE A LOOK ABOUT NEIGHBOURHOOD

3. ROLE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
 HE COLLECTS INFORMATION
 HE ANALYSIZES THE DATA.
 WHERE HE WILL COLLECT SOIL DATA FROM
SITE.
 PLEASE EXCAVATE UPTO 4M DEEP PITS AS
DECIDED BY HIM AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
UNDER THE BUILDING.
 HE VISUALLY OBSERVES THE SOIL.

4. ROLE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
 HE ASKS SITE HEAD TO SEND THE SOIL
SAMPLES TO ACCREDITED ALBORATORY
FOR PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TESTING
OF SOIL.
 HE COLLECTS THE INFORMATION.
 HE ANALYSIZES THE DATA.
 NOW HE WILL DECIDE.
 HE WILL ASK THE SITE HEAD TO
CONDUCT BORE HOLE INVESTIGATION
DEPEND UPON THE HEIGHT OF BUILDING.

5. ROLE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
 THE DEPTH AND LOCATIONS WILL BE
DECIDED BY HIM.
 BORE HOLE DRILLING AND SOIL
INVESTIGATION WILL BE UNDER HIS
SUPERVISION.
 SAMPLES COLLECTION WILL BE AT
HIS/SITE HEAD’S CRITERIA.
 SAMPLES FORWARD TO ACCREDITED LAB.

6. ROLE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
 GETTING DATA FROM ACCREDITED LAB.
 ANALYSIZES THE DATA.
 PRESERVES THE SAMPLE UPTO AT LEAST 10
YEARS.
 SUBMIT DATA TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
 HE WILL CARRY OUT THE FOUNDATION
DESIGN IN CO-ORDINATION WITH
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.

7. ROLE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
 A PRESENTATION
 BY
 TATA S S
MURTHY.B.E,M.TECH,AMASCE,MICE(I),MI
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 I REMAIN.