Classification of N.S.W. soils for housing / N.S.W. Builders Licensing Board

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N.S.W. Builders Licensing Board 1
N.S.W. BUILDERS LICENSING BOARD CLASSIFICATION OF N.S.W. SOILS FOR HOUSING 1
CLASSIFICATION OF N.S.W. SOILS FOR HOUSING 3
N.S.W. BUILDERS LICENSING BOARD 3
N.S.W. Builders Licensing Board 3
FOREWORD 5
1.0 INTRODUCTION 11
2.0 CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF REACTIVE SITES 2.1 Classification Classes 13
2.1.1 Deemed to Comply 13
2.2 Zoning of Site Classification 13
2.3 Identification of a Site Classification Class 13
3.0 SITE IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES 3.1 General 15
3.2 Classification of Large Areas 15
3.2.1 Initial Mapping 15
3.2.2 Existing Data 16
3.2.3 Testing of Selected Sites 16
3.2.4 Classification of Reactivity 17
3.3 Specification for Investigation and Reporting on Individual and Test Sites 3.3.1 Investigation of Individual Sites 18
3.3.2 Investigation of Test Sites 19
4.0 TEST AND CALCULATION METHODS 4.1 General 21
4.2 Soil Moisture Changes 21
4.3 Testing of Soil Samples 21
4.4 Calculation of Maximum Surface Movement 21
5.0 CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE REACTIVITY OF SITES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND 5.1 Introduction 23
5.2 Class S and SR (Stable and Slightly Reactive) Sites 23
5.3 Class M (Moderately Reactive) Sites 23
5.4 Class H (Highly Reactive) Sites 24
TABLE 5.1 SOIL PROFILES CLASSIFIED AS CLASS M (MODERATELY REACTIVE) 24
6.0 DAMAGE CLASSIFICATION 25
TABLE 6.1(a) CLASSIFICATION OF VISIBLE DAMAGE TO HALLS 26
TABLE 6.1(b) CLASSIFICATION OF DAMAGE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO CONCRETE FLOORS 27
APPENDIX A CONTROLLED FILL 31
1.0 INTRODUCTION 35
2.0 CALCULATION OF GROUND MOVEMENTS 2.1 Design Suction Changes Ignoring Effects of Vegetation 35
ADDENDUM 1 35
2.2 Suction Changes Induced by Presence of Trees 36
2.3 Calculation of Vertical Movement and Mound Shapes 2.3.1 Maximum free surface movement 36
2.4 Determination of Design Paramaters 37
2.4.1 General 37
2.4.2 Differential mound movement for slabs Ym 37
2.4.3 Differential mound movement for strip footings and grid footings, Ymf 37
2.4.4 Mound edge distance, e 37
2.4.5 Soil stiffness, ks 37
3.0 METHODS OF TESTING 3.1 Instability Index, Is 39
3.2 Loaded Swell and Shrinkage Testing 3.2.1 Loaded swell and shrinkage method 39
3.2.2 Core shrinkage method 41

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