Thesaurus Term/Concept: GEOTECHNICAL TEST PIT

Identifier 146353
Class EVENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Test pits dug by geotechnical engineers or engineering geologists to obtain information on the physical properties of soil, sediments and bedrock around a site to design earthworks and foundations for proposed structures.

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Context Record
Event Type ENT5426 Borehole Survey and Geotechnical Test Pits at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar (Event - Borehole)
Event Type ENT5414 Geoarchaeological Test-Pitting at Barton-in-Fabis (Event - Intervention)
Event Type ENT5256 Geotechnical Pitting at Regent Street, Beeston (Event - Intervention)
Event Type ENT5257 Geotechnical Test Pitting at Former Magnus Grammar School, Newark (Event - Intervention)
Event Type ENT4158 Geotechnical Test Pitting on Land at Nottingham Airport (Event - Interpretation)