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Lankelma is the foremost contractor for onshore in-situ soil testing in the UK. An acknowledged specialist in CPT, Lankelma also offers a worldwide consultancy and training service.

A.P. van den Berg develops, designs and manufactures geotechnical and environmental soil investigation equipment for onshore and offshore applications. Specialists in CPT systems and equipment.

Gardline

Gardline Geosciences offers worldwide marine geotechnics, in-house consutancy and services with marine investigations ranging from nearshore to full ocean depth (down to 3000m).

About the Author

Hans Brouwer studied civil engineering at Delft University in The Netherlands. He has worked as a part-time lecturer at Amsterdam Polytechnic and was senior partner in a structural engineering consultancy. He has written a standard textbook in Dutch about the design of building foundations. He now lives in England where he writes technical textbooks in English, hopefully to reach a bigger readership.

Chapter 2

CF cone

Pre-drilling (a)

  
PRE-DRILLING (a)   2.4
 
According to the international reference test procedure[1], pre-drilling
may be used in parts of the profile when penetrating coarse materials.
Pre-drilling can be carried out by pushing a dummy rod of 45–50 mm
diameter through the dense layer to provide an opening hole and
reduce the penetration resistance.
 
 
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