A property developer wants to build a subdivision consisting of 500 residences, a shopping mall, and five office buildings near your college. Assume that the total area is 50 hectares. The developer hires you to conduct a soils investigation as part of the due diligence process. Describe how you would conduct this investigation

Question 5 1 pts The total settlement is equal to: O primary consolidation O secondary consolidation O it depends on the soil type immediate settlement O the summation of all the available options

A borrow site south of Harrisburg will be used to provide the material needed to construct 432,600 cy of embankment for the Harrisburg Expressway project. Soil testing has indicated the following unit weights: Bank - 102 pcf Loose - 85 pcf • Compacted - 118 pcf The contractor plans to use 14 cy on-highway dump trucks and has agreed with the owner of the borrow site property to a price of $1.25 per excavated cubic yard. 1. What is the cost of purchasing the borrow material? 2. How many truck loads must be hauled from the borrow site to the embankment site?

Discuss the impact of soil properties on the design and construction of earth dams?