Supporting Documentation · Sep 11, 2024
Geotech Report 04 19 2021
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SOR CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. TEST PIT LOG TEST PIT NO. TP-22 CLIENT: Garden Homes GSE +550" (+) WATERLEVEL * PROJECT: Proposed Residential Development DATE 3/26/2021 LOCATION: West Orange, New Jersey JOB NO. 21-C-01 REPORT NO. 21-C-12 oe] DENSITY | MOISTURE DESCRIPTION REMARKS Topsoil/Vegetation 8" 4 Medium Moist Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Silt, some coarse to fine Gravel, Dense occasional cobbles/boulders “Water seepage at 5” Test Pit Completed at 12'-6” EXCAVATOR: _D. Willis Excavating EQUIPMENT: Backhoe SCE REPRESENTATIVE: _ Tim Maravegias
SOR CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. TEST PIT LOG TEST PIT NO. TP-23 CLIENT: Garden Homes GSE +536 (#) WATERLEVEL * PROJECT: Proposed Residential Development DATE 3/29/2021 LOCATION: West Orange, New Jersey JOB NO. 21-C-01 REPORT NO. 21-C-12 DEPTH DENSITY MOISTURE DESCRIPTION REMARKS Medium Dense Moist Topsoil/Veqetation 12” Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Silt, some coarse to fine Gravel, occasional cobbles/boulders “Water seepage at 2° Test Pit Completed at 11'-0” EXCAVATOR: D. Willis Excavating EQUIPMENT: _Mini-Excavator SCE REPRESENTATIVE: Tim Maravegias
SOR CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. TEST PIT LOG TEST PIT NO. TP-24 CLIENT: Garden Homes GSE +546" (#) WATER LEVEL NE PROJECT: Proposed Residential Development DATE 3/29/2021 LOCATION: West Orange, New Jersey JOB NO. 21-C-01 REPORT NO. 21-C-12 DEPTH FT. DENSITY MOISTURE DESCRIPTION REMARKS Soft Dense Moist Moist Topsoil/Veqetation 8” Light brown Clayey Silt, some coarse to fine Gravel, little coarse to fine sand (SILT LOAM) 5-6" Permeability @ 5.5’ Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Silt, some coarse to fine Gravel (LOAM) Bedrock at 8’ K=0.81 in/hr (K2) Test Pit Completed at 8'-0" EXCAVATOR: _D. Willis Excavating EQUIPMENT: _ Mini-Excavator SCE REPRESENTATIVE: _ Tim Maravegias
SOR CONSULTING TEST PIT LOG TEST ENGINEERS, INC. PIT NO. TP-25 CLIENT: Garden Homes GSE +544’ (+) WATERLEVEL NE PROJECT: Proposed Residential Development DATE 3/29/2021 LOCATION: West Orange, New Jersey JOB NO. 21-C-01 REPORT NO. 21-C-12 bl DENSITY MOISTURE DESCRIPTION REMARKS Moist Topsoil/Vegetation 8” Light brown Clayey Silt, some coarse to fine Gravel, little coarse to fine Sand (SILT LOAM) Bedrock at 6° Permeability @ 4' K=0.18 in/hr (KO) Test Pit Completed at 6-0” EXCAVATOR: _D. Willis Excavating EQUIPMENT: _ Mini-Excavator SCE REPRESENTATIVE: Tim Maravegias
SOR CONSULTING TEST PIT LOG TEST ENGINEERS, INC. PIT NO. TP-26 CLIENT: Garden Homes GSE +538) (#) WATER LEVEL NE PROJECT. Proposed Residential Development DATE 3725/2021 LOCATION: West Orange, New Jersey JOB NO. 21-601 REPORT NO. 21-C-12 DEPTH DENSITY MOISTURE DESCRIPTION REMARKS Soft Dense Moist Moist Topsoil/Vegetation 8" Light brown Clayey Silt, little coarse to fine Sand, some coarse to fine Gravel, Clay lumps (CLAY LOAM) 3-0" Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Silt, some coarse to fine Gravel, occasional cobbles/boulders (LOAM) Test Pit Completed at 13’ EXCAVATOR: _D. Willis Excavating EQUIPMENT: SCE REPRESENTATIVE: _ Tim Maravegias
SOR CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. TEST PIT LOG TEST PIT NO. TP-27 CLIENT: Garden Homes GSE +543" (+) WATER LEVEL NE PROJECT: Proposed Residential Development DATE 3/29/2021 LOCATION: West Orange, New Jersey JOB NO. 21-C-01 REPORT NO. 21-C-12 berT# | DENSITY. MOISTURE DESCRIPTION REMARKS Soft Moist 4 Dense Moist 41 12 Topsoil/Vegetation 8” Light brown Clayey Silt, litle medium to fine Sand, some coarse to fine Gravel, Clay lumps (CLAY LOAM) 3-0" Brown coarse to fine Sand, some Silt, some coarse to fine Gravel, occasional cobbles (LOAM) Bedrock at 13' Permeability @ 4° K=1.58 in/hr (K2) Test Pit Completed at 13'-0" EXCAVATOR: D. Willis Excavat ting EQUIPMENT: Mini-Excavator SCE REPRESENTATIVE: Tim Maravegias
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 pen Eh on oF Sot 2 ompeonen! MATERIAL SYMBOL FRACTION SIEVE SIZE DEFINITION Boulders Bldr omy Material retained on 9" sieve. Cobbles Col 3" to on Material passing the 9" sieve and retained on the 3” sieve. Gravel Coarse (c) Medium (m) Fine (f) 1" to 3" 3/8" to 1" No. 10 to 3/8" Material passing the 3" sieve and retained on the No. 10 sieve. Sand Coarse (c) Medium (m) Fine (f) No.30 to No. 10 No.60 to No. 30 No.200 to No. 60 Material passing the No. 10 sieve and retained on the No. 200 sieve. Silt Passing No. 200 (0.074 mm) Material passing 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, and exhibits fine granular and organic characteristics. PLASTICITY PLASTICITY INDEX CLAY-SOIL Clayey SILT Cys Slight (sl) 1 to 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 S&C Low (1) 5 to 10 CLAY & SILT Css Medium (m) 10 to 20 Silty CLAY $yC High (h) 20 t 40 CLAY c Very High 40 plus (vh)
II. Definition of Component Proportions COMPONENT WRITTEN PROPORTIONS SYMBOL PERCENTAGE RANGE BY WEIGHT* Principal CAPITALS -- 50 or more Minor Lower Case and ae 35 to 50 some little trace Se 20 to 35 1. 10 to 20 te 1 to 10 *Minus sign (-) lower 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 Cc Casing L Lost U Undisturbed D Denison Ss Spoon W 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 cock Shst Schist Gns Gneiss ss Sandstone Sh Shale F. Fill and bldr(s) boulder (s) cbl (s) cobble (s) gis glass Misc. brk(s) brick(s) wd wood misc miscellaneo Material endr(s) cinder (s) dor 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 frqt frequent Index W.H. weight of lrg large P pushed W.R. hammer mtld mottled pressed weight of no rec no recovery pc(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
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 5-100 Consistency of fine-grained soils with some plasticity. N-VALUE DESCRIPTIVE TERM UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (tsf) 0-2 Very Soft 2-4 Soft 4-8 Medium 8-16 Stitt 16-32 Very Stitt 32t Hard
Texture Triangle: Fine Earth Texture Classes ( 100 , clay loam silty clay * foam silt loam silt ‘ \ \ x XN a N XN XN x eq % S i) S S S S S 2 Sand separate ( %} —$$—— USDA SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
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