TP – 1293 An Introduction to Investigations for Stone Construction for Professional Engineers

Description

For large-stone construction, it is necessary to locate stone sources and determine the availability, cost, suitability to design, and quality of their materials. Determining which material is excellent and which is poor is relatively easy, but the intermediate types commonly used are difficult to characterize. Sufficient geological information should be included in the feasibility reports and design memoranda to support all findings included therein. Subsequently, the findings become fixed in the plans and specifications.