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This book provides instant, project-ready geotechnical answers. The latest in McGraw-Hill's popular ""Portable Handbook"" series, this is the first quick-reference book on geotechnical engineering and construction-related topics. Filled with vital, ready-to-implement geotechnical data, formulas, and guidelines that you can flip to at a moment's notice, the comprehensive, yet pocket-sized ""Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook"" features: field exploration guidelines, soil and rock classifications, and percolation and lab test procedures; basic phase relationships and stress distribution tables and charts; clear analysis guidelines for settlement, bearing capacity, expansive soil, slope stability, earthquake, erosion control, and deterioration from other causes; and quick access to essential design and construction data for foundations and retaining walls.It also includes: easy-to-use data on grading, instrumentation, excavation, underpinning, groundwater control, and geosynthetics, as well as pavement and pipeline design charts. Written by an AIA award-winning civil engineer, the ""Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook"" adds up to a complete set of research-reducing tools for civil engineers, construction personnel, and architects. It's the most convenient source of information you need on the job every day, for projects large and small.

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Robert W. Day (San Diego, CA) has published over 200 papers, as is currently active on various committees with ASCE, ASTM, Tranportation Research Board, and received a design award from AIA. After completing his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering at Villanova specializing in Structural Engineering, he completed his masters in Civil Engineering and Engineer Degree at MIT.

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