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Buried Karst Creates Hazards and Project Delays

by Jim Olson, P.G.

October 18, 2015

Random SPT Borings Can Miss Potentially Hazardous Buried Karst Features and Important Compositional Boundaries

Simple Solutions Construction projects have little time for costly mistakes and an easy one to avoid is hazardous, active karst features.  We get pulled into projects when there is a concern about subsurface geologic hazards, such as sinkholes, near-surface clays and organics, and areas of weathered and fractured limestone. Using Electrical Resistivity Image (ERI) to […]

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