Geotechnical Investigation: Why and How?

A.M. Shingarey, M.D., Geotech Services, Nagpur, explains the logic behind doing Geotechnical Investigation, the appropriate way of doing it, and presents two case studies that support his views.

Introduction

Geotechnical Investigation (GI) is seldom considered important in civil engineering projects by the stakeholders, structural consultants, or architects, primarily because of their ignorance of the subject. The common practice is to save a tiny fraction of the project cost required for investigation, but in doing so, they inadvertently suffer huge time and cost overruns, often leading to national losses. At times, there is a lack of transparency in the working, where incorrect project reports or wrong designs result due to insufficient, incorrect or dishonest data, or due to facts not reported to the project owner.

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