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Laboratory tests
• Index tests
• Mineralogical testing
• Compressibility testing (Oedometer)
• Strength testing (Shear box)
• Triaxial Tests, including cyclic shear tests
Laboratory tests
• Soil pH, chlorides and sulphate concentrations and
resistivity
• Unconfined compression:
• compressive strength of the intact rock core
• Recovery and rock quality designation (RQD) from the
recovered rock core at each boring location
Embankment:
2x the embankment height