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... Page 6 Rec011111enda t i ons gene ra l , toge t he r w i t h a so i l p rof i l e , dete rm i na t i on of s hea r s t rengt h and comp res s i b i l i ty , s pec i a l samp l i ng i n the p resence of weak s o i l s , and s i m i l a r cons i de ra t i ons w i th respect to bor row ma te r i a l .
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... Page 7 Recomnenda t i ons 4 . A penet ra t i on tes t (ASTM D 1 586-58T)
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... Page 8 Recommenda t i ons 1 . 5 Bor row Ma te r i a l I t i s recommended t ha t i nforma tion compa rab l e with that for ex i s t i ng s o i l s and p roposed f i l l s i tes be p rov i ded for bor row mate r i a l , name l y , 1 .
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... Page 9 Recommenda t i ons 3 . Set t l emen t p l a tes be p rov i ded wheneve r the se t t l emen t a na l ys i s i nd i ca tes tota l se t t l ement due to comp res s i b i l i ty of t he f i l l and unde r l y i ng ex i s t i ng so i l s w i l l exceed 6.0 i nches , o r t he d i ffe rent i a l s e t t l ement ( be tween po i n t s not mo re t han 25 feet apa rt )
From page 9...
... Pa ge 1 0 Recommenda tions a ga i ns t-fai l u re of 2 . 0 s hou l d be p rov i ded if fine- g rained so i l s a re p resen t , and 1 .
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... 2.5 O ther Cons i de rations Page 1 1 Recommenda t i ons To a l l ow for ce rta i n othe r design requ i rements , i t is recommended that 1 . Enginee ring des i gn p rov i de fo r reta i n i ng s t ructu res ( bu l kheads , s heet p i l e wa l l s , etc .
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... Pa ge 1 2 Reconme ndations b. At l east one conso l i da t i on tes t be perfo rmed on each of two diffe ren t und i s t u rbed s amp l es of the fi l l fo r each 8,000 cubic ya rds of f i l l .
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... Pa ge 1 3 Recommenda t i ons 2 . An a dd i t i ona l bor i ng a t each bu i l d i ng s i te .
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... Page 14 Recommenda t i ons 5 . 0 ENG I NE ER I NG CON S I DERAT I ONS The recommendations i n 2 .
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... Page 1 5 I V SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Th i s s tudy i s conce rned w i t h p rob l ems encoun te red i n connect i on w i th hyd rau l i c f i l l s ( as desc r i bed i n Sect i on 1 , page 1 )

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