Assessment Of Soil Characteristics For A Region

For the construction purposes of Highrise buildings in Urban Areas or the development of the city and specially for the hilly areas, it is necessary to study all the structural characteristics of soil to make a Durable and Stable structure, as the settlement of soil causes the Failure of the structure. Hence, the testing of soil In situ, OR In laboratory is must, it provides us the study to identify the behaviour of the soil and the soil type. The Geotechnical Properties of soil helps up to define its Shear Strength, Compaction Factor, Water Content, Plastic Limit, Specific Gravity of Soil. It is necessary to check whether the soil is Silting, Claying, Gravel, Peat, Rock or loam in nature without performing any type of soil tests. Soil testing must include assessment of the behaviour of soils in different temperature, moisture condition, loading and stress conditions. So that, the design can act adversely with all the varing possible conditions.