Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com M13-sTD-619s mxEuoRD Soilsare sub$ectedto classification in orderto p-de a generalconcept of the engineeringcharacteristics of foundation,embankment,and filter materials. In the preliminarydesisn st-e6e,classificationprovidesguidance In 10C8t@J areas for detailedsubsurfaceexploration,and In selectingre- presentativesamplesfor the more cauplexdesigntests such as shear, con- solidation, Cmpaction, bearing,permeability,end Neu. ~P=P=$m3* fhal dmi~, cleasiflcaticmpermits eatablislmeatof aoll profiles,the locaticm md limits of und8sirdb =tetiS16 aad potential borrow areas, end the criticalfoundaticaconditionwhich @verne the dCLSi@.
DuAns ccmatructicmoperatiam, classificationprovidesa means of eval- uat~ end CCQt~~ the quality of foundationend borrow materiels. Ccapliencewith this standardwill prawba uniformityin soil clasaiflca- ti- tesmlnolqy, test PTOCedU?W , end tirpreteti~ of =s~ts . * standerdwIU also previdea cm= basis for describingsoil conditions tb8t CSn be _BtOOd by both d.eSi@3i end C&_i= @@.llM!TS .