15 May 2019

AS 1726:2017

Geotechnical Site Investigations Previously the delineation between a coarse material (sand, gravel) and a fine material (clay, silt) was based on the majority rule. Downloads Presentation-on-foamed-bitumen 2019-Technical-Seminar-Presentation-Michael-Gawn-AS1726-2017-Reduced – PDF 2019-Technical-Seminar-Presentation-Michael-Gawn-AS1726-2017 – pptx

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