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geotechnical investigation

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geotechnical investigation
A soil boring and sampling process (together with associated laboratory testing) required to establish the sub-surface profiles and relative strengths of the strata encountered at depths likely to have an influence on the design of a building project. Also called a subsurface investigation.
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At that time, New Mexico Department of Transportation blamed the bumps on the settling of the subgrade due to poor geotechnical investigation.
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