This British Standard gives recommendations for the investigation of sites for the purposes of assessing their suitability for the construction of civil engineering and building works and of acquiring knowledge of the characteristics of a site that could affect the design and construction of such work and the security of neighbouring land and property.

NOTE The use of soil and rock as construction materials is treated only briefly; further information is given in BS 6031.

This British Standard provides guidance on the application of BS EN 1997-1 and BS EN 1997-2 and the related test standards cited therein.

It does not provide guidance on investigations for contamination or naturally elevated concentrations of potentially hazardous substances (these are dealt with in BS 10175). Nor does it provide guidance on investigations for ground gas (these are dealt with in BS 8576). However, it does provide guidance on the integration of geotechnical investigations with investigations for contamination or ground gas and other types of investigations (e.g. archaeological).

Cross References:
BS 1377-1:1990
BS 1377-2:1990
BS 1377-3:1990
BS 1377-4:1990
BS 1377-5:1990
BS 1377-6:1990
BS 1377-7:1990
BS 1377-8:1990
BS 1377-9:1990
BS 8550
BS 8574
BS 8576:2013
BS 10175:2011+A1:2013
BS 22475-3:2011
BS EN 1997-1:2004+A1:2013
BS EN 1997-2:2007
BS EN ISO 5667-1
BS EN ISO 5667-3
BS EN ISO 10545-8
BS EN ISO 14688-1:2002
BS EN ISO 14688-2:2004
BS EN ISO 14689-1:2003
BS EN ISO 17892-1
BS EN ISO 17892-2
BS EN ISO 18674
BS EN ISO 22282-1
BS EN ISO 22282-2
BS EN ISO 22282-3
BS EN ISO 22282-4
BS EN ISO 22282-5
BS EN ISO 22282-6
BS EN ISO 22475-1:2006
BS EN ISO 22476-1
BS EN ISO 22476-2
BS EN ISO 22476-3
BS EN ISO 22476-4
BS EN ISO 22476-5
BS EN ISO 22476-6
BS EN ISO 22476-7
BS EN ISO 22476-8
BS EN ISO 22476-9
BS EN ISO 22476-12
BS ISO 5667-11
BS ISO 5667-22
ISO/TS 22476-11
NA to BS EN 1997-2:2007
PAS 128
ASTM D2766-95
ASTM D2845-08
ASTM D2936-08
ASTM D3967-08
ASTM D3999-11
ASTM D4015-07
ASTM D4404-10
ASTM D4525-08
ASTM D4543-08
ASTM D4611-08
ASTM D4879-89
ASTM D5084-10
ASTM D5298-10
ASTM D5311-11
ASTM D5334-08
ASTM D5335-08
ASTM D5607-08
ASTM D5731-08
ASTM D6528-07
ASTM D7012-10
ASTM D7070-08
ASTM D7664-10
ASTM E1225-13
ASTM E228-11
ASTM E831-14
ASTM G162-99
ASTM G187-12
BS 812-1
BS 812-124
BS 1047
BS 5493
BS 6031
BS 7361-1
BS 7755-3.11
ISO 11048
BS 8002
BS 8004
BS 8008
BS 22475-2
BS EN 932-1
BS EN 932-3
BS EN 932-5
BS EN 932-6
BS EN 933-1
BS EN 933-3
BS EN 933-4
BS EN 933-5
BS EN 933-6
BS EN 933-7
BS EN 933-8
BS EN 933-9
BS EN 933-10
BS EN 933-11
BS EN 1097-1
BS EN 1097-2
BS EN 1097-3
BS EN 1097-4
BS EN 1097-5
BS EN 1097-7
BS EN 1097-8
BS EN 1097-9
BS EN 1097-10
BS EN 1367-1
BS EN 1367-2
BS EN 1367-3
BS EN 1367-4
BS EN


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