Guidelines for Drilling and Test Pitting along the Penstock Alignment between

Anchor Block No. 29 and Powerhouse

Six (6) exploratory holes designated as BH-1 thru BH-6, are to be drilled at the cracked
ground below Anchor Block No. 29 of which 2 are angle holes (near the penstock
alignment) and 4 vertical holes with 3 of it are located near the penstock and one (1)
at the left side of the powerhouse facing the penstock slope.

Location of boreholes shall be 3.0 – 5.0 meters away from the penstock trench
excavation.

Three (3) boreholes and two (2) test pits are need to prioritise for immediate results to
conduct slope stability analysis.

Refer to the attached boring plan.

A. For Inclined Holes, the following shall be followed:

1. The boreholes shall be located by a precision instrument (total station

equipment) for accurate position and elevation.

2. Borehole shall be drilled normal to the slope. Amount of inclination of boreholes

reckoned from the horizontal is about 60 degrees. Length of holes shall extend
10.0 meters beyond the bedrock or rockline.

3. Rotary drilling shall be employed at the site. Diamond coring bit shall be used.
Core diameter must have a minimum of 4 inches.

4. Color of return water shall be recorded in every run and also depth where lost
circulation (no return water) is encountered.

5. Depth to groundwater level, if there is, shall be measured in all boreholes 24

hours after drilling completion.

6. Sludges and cores recovered shall be laid in coreboxes with dividers. Length
of run and core recovery and RQD shall be expressed in percent and shall be
indicated on the separator blocks. For a better recovery bit rotation and feed
water must be controlled.

B. For the Vertical Hole, Items 1 to 6 for inclined holes shall also be adhered to.

Drilling of the vertical hole shall be accompanied by Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
with an interval of 1.0 meter. Where SPT N-Value obtained is equal to 8 or less,
Undisturbed Sampling (UDS) shall be conducted using Shelby tube.

Drilling will also be required near penstock supports where pipes are located at the
edge of the road, where there is sliding, and where creeks are crossing the penstock
alignment; and also in areas along the headrace where there were deformations
observed in buried pipes.
Drilling will be vertical and depth holes shall extend 2.0 meters below footing level.

Representative soil and rock samples shall be gathered from boreholes and brought
to the laboratory for testing to determine their engineering properties for purposes
design.

C. Laboratory Tests for Borehole Samples

1. Unified Soil Classification (USCS)

2. Gradation Analysis with Hydrometer Test
3. Natural Moisture Content
4. Atterberg Limits
5. Specific Gravity
a. Soil
b. Rock
6. Unit Weight
a. Soil
b. Rock
7. Direct Shear Test
8. Consolidation Test (1-dimensional)
9. Unconfined Compression Test
a. Soil
b. Rock

D. Test Pitting

Two (2) test pits shall be excavated near the alignment of the penstock between
Anchor Block No. 29 and Anchor Block No. 32.

Test pit dimension will be 1.0 meter wide and 1.5 meters long. Depth of excavation will
be carried down to the founding level of the pipe supports, about 3.0 to 5.0 meters.
Shoring has to be installed.

Logging of test pits shall be made including visual classification of materials recovered
from the pits.

Depth to bedrock shall be recorded if intersected during the pit excavation.

Block samples shall be taken from the bottom each pit and wrapped with durable cloth
and placed fitted in wooden box so as not to be jarred during transit to the laboratory.

E. Laboratory Tests for Test Pit Samples

1. Unified Soil Classification

2. Gradation Analysis with Hydrometer Test
3. Natural Moisture Content
4. Atterberg Limits
5. Specific Gravity
6. Unit Weight
7. Direct Shear Test
8. Consolidation Test (I-dimensional)
9. Triaxial Test (UU) with pore pressure measurement
10. Triaxial Test (CU) with pore pressure measurement

Monitoring of Ground Movement

A practical monitoring ground and foundation settlement is to put steel wedges

along the cracks between Anchor Block Nos. 29 and 30. Woodwedge can expand
and may not move.

Any sinking of the wedge will indicate movement. Widening of the cracks and
amount of ground settlement can be measured

Reading for any measurement can be done weekly

A plot of displacement amount vs time can be prepared for analysis-leveling of

points for a longer time will indicate settlement has stopped.

Monitoring time must be extend.

For preliminary assessment, may we request from the Client the following
documents:

1. Map showing location of ground cracks along the penstock alignment between
Anchor Block Nos. 29 and 30.

2. Aerial photographs of the project site particularly at the penstock area where
instabilities have occurred. This will help in the identification of large faults, slides
and other adverse geologic features that could affect the project on account of
stability.