A split-spoon sampler is driven into the ground using a hammer, recording the number of blows required to penetrate a certain depth. The collected soil samples are then analyzed to determine their type and properties. The results of the test are used to evaluate the suitability of the soil ...
A standard penetration test, abbreviated to SPT, is used when carrying out ground site geotechnical investigation works and the results are used fortreating subsidence. It uses a device called a split-spoon sampler attached to the end of a metal rod. ...
I celebrated my birthday, which was capped off by an impromptu rock scramble, which is the best way to break a flip flop. And I broke two flip flops. I went up in the Washington Monument for the first time since about 1992. That first time I was about 10. It was cold and I was...
I’ve not properly been out in Soho for a while. So much of it is now being knocked down and replaced with offices and/or extortionately-priced apartments – sorry, “regenerated” – that it’s disorientating. The landmarks of my past decade here –“I’m in this pub; I’ll meet...