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GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION Definition & Legal Meaning

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Boring, sampling, and testing the soil strata below ground. Investigation analysis to establish compressibility, strength, and other characteristics of the strata. This is done as input to a construction project, preparing a subsurface profile and soil report. Also called foundation investigation, soil investigation, soil test, or subsurface investigation. See also soil mechanics.

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