BS 5930:2015 Code of practice for ground investigations Publication Year 2015 Document Status Latest version of document.

Covers recommendations for investigating sites to assess their suitability for constructing civil engineering and building works and acquiring knowledge of site characteristics which could impact the design and construction of such work and the security of neighbouring land and property.

Supersedes BS 5930:1999+A2:2010. First published 1957. Second edition 1981. Third edition October 1999. Fourth edition July 2015.

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