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Supporting Documentation · Sep 11, 2024

Geotech Report 02 12 2024

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SOR CONSULTING TEST PIT LOG TEST PIT NO. TP-34 ENGINEERS, INC. ‘CLIENT : Garden Homes/ West Essex Highlands, Inc. IGSE +581" WATER LEVEL 9-0" PROJECT: Stormwater Management System DATE Tree LOCATION: ‘West Orange, New Jersey 0B NO. zeae |REPORT NO. 24-C-02 DERTH| pensiry | MOISTURE GROUND SURFACE REMARKS FFopsoilVegatation 1 0-10" Firm Moist Light Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Clayey Sil, tle coarse to fine Gravel 2 2-0" Dense Reddish Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Sik, some coarse to fine Gravel 3 (Loam) 4 5 Permeability @5' K=0.81 infhr(K2) 6 7 8 9 Wet 10 Ww Test Pit completed at 10'-0" 12 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 20 STL REPRESENTATIVE Wilis Excavating Backhoe Maravegias

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SOR CONSULTING TEST PIT LOG TEST PIT NO. TP-35 ENGINEERS, INC. CLIENT: Garden Homes/ West Essex Highlands, Inc. ase ee [WATER LEVEL NE PROJECT: “Stormwater Management System DATE T2ra024 LOCATION: ‘West Orange, New Jersey GOBNO. PAOD [REPORT NO. 24-C-02 DEPTH] pensity | MoIsTURE GROUND SURFACE REMARKS FTopsoilNVegetation 1 0'-10"} Firm Moist Light Brown Clayey Sil, ttle coarse to fine Sand, itle coarse to fine Gravel 2 (Clay Loam) 3 4 Dense Reddish Brown coarset to fine Sand, some Clayey sil, tle coarse to fine Gravel (Loam) 5 6 Permeability @6' K=0.82 inv (K2) 7 8 9 Bedrock at 9'-0" 10 Test Pit completed at 9'-0" 411 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 EXCAVATOI EQUIPMENT STL REPRESENTATIVE : Wills Excavating Backhoe Maravegias

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SOR CONSULTING TEST PIT LOG TESTPITNO. TP-36 ENGINEERS, INC. CLIENT: Garden Homes/ West Essex Highlands, Inc. ase 7 WATER LEVEL or PROJECT: ‘Stormwater Management System DATE Teno LOCATION: West Orange, New Jersey [JOBNO. 24008 [REPORT NO. 24-C-02 DEPTH DENSITY | MOISTURE GROUND SURFACE REMARKS | Topsoil/Vegetation 41 0-4" 2 Medium Dense Moist |Reddish Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Clayey Silt, and coarse to fine Gravel 3 (Silt Loam) . 4 5 6 7 Permeability @7" K=0.5 infhr (K1) 8 9 10 Ww Test Pit completed at 10'-0" 12 13 14 15 16 47 18 19 20 EXCAVATOR EQUIPMENT : Backhoe ‘STL REPRESENTATIVE : Wills Excavating Maravegias

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SOR CONSULTING TEST PIT LOG TESTPITNO. TP-37 ENGINEERS, INC. CLIENT Garden Homes! West Essex Highlands, Inc. (ase 7 |WATER LEVEL NE PROJECT: Stormwater Management System DATE iso LOCATION: West Orange, New Jersey [308 NO. ELECET] [REPORT NO. 24-C-02 DEPTH) pensity | MoIsTuRE GROUND SURFACE REMARKS Topsoil/Vegetation 1 0-6" Dense Moist _ |Reddish Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Silt, and coarse to fine Gravel 2 (Loam) 3 Permeability @5' K=0.63 inihr (K2) 4 5 6 Bedrock at 60" 14 5 7 18 19 20 Test Pit Completed at 6-0" EXCAVATOR : D. Wills Excavating EQUIPMENT : Backhoe STL REPRESENTATIVE : T. Maravegias

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SOR CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. TEST PIT LOG TESTPITNO. TP-38 CLIENT : Garden Homes/ West Essex Highlands, Inc. [ese +578" WATER LEVEL NE PROJECT : ‘Stormwater Management System DATE 1115/2024 LOCATION : West Orange, New Jersey [JOB NO. 24-602 REPORT NO. 240-02, DEPTH FT. DENSITY MOISTURE GROUND SURFACE REMARKS. Firm, 4 Dense 19 Moist Topsoil/Vegetation Light Brown Clayey Silt, litle coarse to fine Sand, litle coarse to fine Gravel (Clay Loam) 2-2" Reddish Brown coarse to fine Sand, and Silt, some coarse to fine Gravel (Loam) Bedrock at 5'-0" Test Pit completed at 5-0" Permeability @3' K=0.45 infhr (K1) EXCAVATOR : D. Wilis Excavating EQUIPMENT : Backhoo ‘STL REPRESENTATIVE : T. Maravegi

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SOR CONSULTING TEST PIT LOG TEST PIT NO. TP-39 ENGINEERS, INC. |CLIENT : Garden Homes/ West Essex Highlands, Inc. GSE +537" WATER LEVEL 9-0" PROJECT: ‘Stormwater Management System DATE 7723/2004 LOCATION: West Orange, New Jersey [I0BNO, 3ac-02 [REPORT NO. 24-C-02 DEPTH! pensity | MOISTURE GROUND SURFACE REMARKS FTopsoilVVegetation 1 0'-6"| Firm Moist Light Brown Clayey Sit, litle coarse to fine Sand, litle coarse to fine Gravel 2 (Clay Loam) 3 auch 4 Dense Reddish Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Silt, some coarse to fine Gravel (Loam) 5 6 7 Permeability @7 K=0.81 in/hr (K2) 8 Wet 9 10 " Test Pit completed at 10-0" 12 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 20 EXCAVATOR : D. Willis Excavating EQUIPMENT : Backhoe STL REPRESENTATIVE Maravegias

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VISUAL IDENTIFICATION OF SAMPLES The samples were identified in accordance with the American Society for Engineering Education System of Definition described by Professor Donald M. Burmeister in ASTM Special Technical Publication 479, 5th Edition, 1970. I. Definition of Soil Components and Fractions MATERIAL SYMBOL FRACTION SIEVE SIZE DEFINITION Boulders Bldr — gu + Material retained on 9" sieve. Cobbles Chl -- 3" to 9" Material passing the 9" sieve and retained on the 3" sieve. Gravel G Coarse (c) 1" to 3" Material passing Medium (m) 3/8" to 1" the 3" sieve and Fine (f) No. 10 to 3/8" retained on the No, 10 sieve. Sand s Coarse (c) No.30 to No. 10 Material passing Medium (m) No.60 to No. 30 | the No. 10 sieve Fine (f) No.200 to No. 60 | and retained on the No. 200 sieve. Silt $ al Passing No. 200 Material passing (0.074 mm) the No. 200 sieve that is non-plastic in character and exhibits little or no strength when air dried. Organic Silt (0$) Material passing the No. 200 sieve which exhibits plastic properties within a certain range of moisture content, organic characteristics. and exhibits fine granular and PLASTICITY PLASTICITY INDEX CLAY-SOIL Clayey SILT Cys Slight (sl) lito 5 Material passing the No. 200 sieve which can be made to exhibit plasticity and clay qualities within a certain range of moisture content, and which exhibits considerable strength when air- dried. SILT & CLAY SEC Low (1) 5 to 10 CLAY & SILT cas Medium (m) 10 to 20 Silty CLAY $yC High (h) 20 t 40 CLAY Cc Very High 40 plus (vh)

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II. Definition of Component Proportions COMPONENT WRITTEN PROPORTIONS SYMBOL PERCENTAGE, RANGE BY WEIGHT* Principal CAPITALS -- 50 or more Minor Lower Case and a. 35 to 50 some little trace Ss. 20 to 35 I. 10 to 20 t. 1 to 10 *Minus sign (-) ower limit, plus sign (+) upper limit, no sign middle range. III. Glossary of Modifying Abbreviations CATEGORY SYMBOL TERM SYMBOL TERM SYMBOL TERM A. Borings U/D Undisturbed B Exploratory A Auger B. Samples c Casing L Lost U Undisturbed D Denison Ss Spoon WwW Wash O.E. Open End Cc. Colors bk black gn green wh white bl blue or orange yw yellow br brown rd red dk dark gr gray tn tan it light D. Organic dec decayed ° organic veg Vegetation Soils dec'g decaying rts roots pt peat lig lignite ts topsoil E. Rocks LS Limestone rk rock Shst Schist Gns Gneiss ss Sandstone Sh Shale F, Fill and bldr(s) boulder (s) ebl (s) cobble (s) gls glass Misc. brk(s) brick(s) wd wood misc miscellaneo Material endr(s) cinder (s) dbr debris rbl us rubble G. Misc. do ditto pp pocket ref refusal Terms el, El elevation penetrometer sm small fgmt (s) fragment (s) P.I. Plasticity W.L. water level irqt frequent Index W.H. weight of lrg large P pushed W.R. hammer mtld mottled pressed weight of no rec no recovery pe(s) piece (s) rods pen penetration rec or R recovered H. Stratified alt alternating Soils thk thick thn thin w with prt parting - ) to 1/16" thickness seam seam - 1/16 to 1/2" thickness lyr layer - 1/2 to 12" thickness stra stratum - greater than 12" thickness vvd c varved Clay | - alternating seams or layers of sand, silt and clay pkt pocket - small, erratic deposit, usually less than 1 foot Ins lens - lenticular deposit occ occasional - one or less per foot of thickness freq frequent - more than one per foot of thickness

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Iv. Other Descriptive Criteria A. Relative density of coarse-grained soils and non-plastic silts. N-VALUE DESCRIPTIVE TERM RELATIVE DENSITY (%) 0-4 Very Loose 0-15 4-10 Loose 15-45 10-30 Medium Dense 45-70 30-50 Dense 70-85 50+ Very Dense 85-100 Consistency of fine-grained soils with some plasticity. N-VALUE DESCRIPTIVE TERM UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (tsf) 0= Very Soft Less than 0.25 2-4 Soft 0.25-0.50 4-8 Medium 0.50-1.00 8-16 Stiff 1.00-2.00 16-32 Very Stiff 2.00-4.00 32+ Hard 4. 00+

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Texture Triangle: Fine Earth Texture Ciasses ( Sand separate ( %)} USDA SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

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