TY - GEN
T1 - Differing Site Conditions-Engineering and Legal Perspectives
AU - Hudyma, Nick
AU - Fox, Carolyn J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ASCE.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Site characterization data is provided to a contractor or designer for the bidding and potential implementation of a contract. The data is developed through various techniques and is meant to assess the stratigraphy, composition, and properties of subsurface materials which are inherently variable. From a geotechnical engineer's perspective there is uncertainty in the subsurface. If a contractor encounters subsurface materials which are different or not identified in the site characterization data, a differing site condition clam is filed. From a contractor's perspective there is risk in constructing in the subsurface. Although uncertainty and risk are related, the processes of site characterization and subsurface design and construction must not be entangled. Contractors and designers utilize uncertain subsurface data developed through geotechnical site characterization processes to design construction sequences and structural components in the subsurface. Risk can only be realized through design and construction. Suggestions for updating the site characterization process to reduce uncertainty and thus minimize risk are discussed.
AB - Site characterization data is provided to a contractor or designer for the bidding and potential implementation of a contract. The data is developed through various techniques and is meant to assess the stratigraphy, composition, and properties of subsurface materials which are inherently variable. From a geotechnical engineer's perspective there is uncertainty in the subsurface. If a contractor encounters subsurface materials which are different or not identified in the site characterization data, a differing site condition clam is filed. From a contractor's perspective there is risk in constructing in the subsurface. Although uncertainty and risk are related, the processes of site characterization and subsurface design and construction must not be entangled. Contractors and designers utilize uncertain subsurface data developed through geotechnical site characterization processes to design construction sequences and structural components in the subsurface. Risk can only be realized through design and construction. Suggestions for updating the site characterization process to reduce uncertainty and thus minimize risk are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784479742.020
DO - 10.1061/9780784479742.020
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84966651013
T3 - Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016 - Proceedings of the Joint Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016
SP - 239
EP - 251
BT - Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016 - Proceedings of the Joint Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016
A2 - Chandran, C. Yoga
A2 - Hoit, Marc I.
T2 - Joint Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016
Y2 - 14 February 2016 through 17 February 2016
ER -