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National Exams, December 2019 — 18-Geol-B3, Site Investigation (3 hours, open book, 5 questions × 25 marks; the paper instructs candidates to choose any 4 of the 5 for 100 marks total. All 5 questions are answered below.)
Reference texts: Clayton, Matthews & Simons, Site Investigation, 2nd ed. (Blackwell Science); Canadian Geotechnical Society, Canadian Foundation Engineering Manual (CFEM), 4th ed.; Hunt, Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook, 2nd ed. (CRC Press); Dunnicliff, Geotechnical Instrumentation for Monitoring Field Performance; Das, Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, 9th ed.; Craig's Soil Mechanics, 8th ed.; ASTM D1586 (SPT), D1587 (Shelby tube), D5778 (CPT/CPTu), D2573 (field vane), D2434 (constant-head permeability), D1883 (CBR), D1557 (Modified Proctor), D6635 (flat dilatometer/DMT), D5731 (point load index), D4630 (packer/Lugeon test), D1556 (sand-cone density), D2167 (rubber-balloon density), G57 (electrical resistivity), D5092/D5787 (monitoring well/piezometer construction), D2166/D2850/D4767 (UC/triaxial).
