Question

You are tasked with designing shallow foundation for a commercial structure that will be constructed on CLAY deposits from an ancient lake bed. What important geotechnical information do you need in order to recommend an allowable bearing pressure for the design and ideally, how would you obtain in? Think about what calculations, and input values you would need to make recommendations. Hint: I recommend you simply use bullet points under two columns with the headings “what” and “how”.

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