Your client has bought a block of vacant land at No. 805 York Street, Ballarat East. The site is accessible through York street which is a sealed road. This road makes the northern boundary of the site. A recent residential property is located on the west. (Please just use the photo and google maps to get a basic assessment of the site. You are not expected to visit the site).

Your field team has advanced two auger holes at the site, and the soil profile information is given in the attached Auger hole log (next page Page 5).

Based on this information, and using the guidelines provided in AS2870,

1. Classify the building site.

In doing this, you need to show all the steps you have followed. Show all the clauses of the AS2870 you referred to and any other resources you used. Also, provide technical justifications for your classifications.

2. Propose a suitable foundation type

Provide all the technical information and, design details. Justify with all the clauses, tables you used.

Auger Hole logs

Appendix 1

	Location:	Lot 2 Stockade Street, BALLARAT EAST
	Date tested: 28 October 2020
	Boring method: Hand Augering
	Surface terrain: Flat
	Ground water level: Not met
Boring No: AH 1/ AH 2	Reduced Level:		Depth of boring: 1.5m

Depth (below GL)	Soil Description	Strength/ Density	Soil Classification
0.5m	Brownish grey, slightly moist, low plastic CLAYEY SILT with fine grained gravel and some quartz	Medium		ML ML/MH CH
		dense
	Grey, dry, medium plastic CLAYEY SILT
1.0m		Medium dense to dense
	Yellowish grey, dry, medium to high plastic SILTY CLAY	Stiff
1.5m
2.0m	Auger hole terminated.