Geotechnical Factual Report

FOR
PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER
BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
IN NAIROBI.

Client: INVESTIGATED, TESTING AND REPORTED BY:

KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O Box P.O. Box 62379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi Mobile: + 254 -732743970,
+ 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com

August-2018
 GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT

GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION FOR THE PROPOSED

CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN
KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA IN NAIROBI.

August -2018
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 .................................................................................................................................... 6
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 6
1.1. Antecedents ......................................................................................................... 6
1.2. Purpose and Scope of Work ................................................................................. 6
1.3. Project Location .................................................................................................. 6
1.4. Project Characteristics ......................................................................................... 6
2. FIELD WORK .................................................................................................... 7
2.1 General................................................................................................................ 7
2.2 Site works ........................................................................................................... 7
2.2.1 Standard Penetration Tests................................................................................... 7
2.2.2 Soil Sampling ...................................................................................................... 8
2.2.3 Rock Coring ........................................................................................................ 8
2.3 Ground Water Monitoring ................................................................................... 8
3. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE OF SITE ........................... 8
3.1 Geographical Location ........................................................................................ 8
3.2 Physiography ....................................................................................................... 9
3.3 Climate................................................................................................................ 9
3.4 Vegetation ........................................................................................................... 9
3.5 Permeability and Drainage................................................................................... 9
3.6 Regional Geology ................................................................................................ 9
3.7 Local Geology ..................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 2 .................................................................................................................................. 10
4. LABORATORY WORK ................................................................................... 10
4.1 Laboratory Tests................................................................................................ 10
4.1.1 General.............................................................................................................. 10
4.1.2 Mechanical and Index Tests............................................................................... 10
4.1.3 Index Tests ........................................................................................................ 10
4.1.4 Soil Swelling Properties .................................................................................... 11
4.1.5 Mechanical Test - Compaction Test ................................................................... 11
4.1.6 Shear Box Tests................................................................................................. 12
4.1.7 Un-axial Compression Tests on Rock Cores ...................................................... 12
Chapter 3 .................................................................................................................................. 14
5. STRATIGRAPHY............................................................................................. 14
5.1 Boreholes Description ....................................................................................... 14
5.2 General Site Stratography .................................................................................. 16
6. SITE EVALUATION ........................................................................................ 16
6.1 Problem Soils and Grounds ............................................................................... 17
6.2 Shallow Ground Water ...................................................................................... 17
6.3 Potential to Flooding ......................................................................................... 17
6.4 Excavatability and Installations Services ........................................................... 17
6.5 Slope Stability and Erosions .............................................................................. 17
6.6 Foundation Solutions ......................................................................................... 18
7. GEOTECHNICAL RISK EVALUATION ........................................................ 18
Chapter 4 .................................................................................................................................. 19
8. FOUNDATION ANALYSIS ............................................................................. 19
8.1 Foundation Evaluation....................................................................................... 19
8.2 Shallow Foundation Analysis ............................................................................ 19
 8.2.1 Rock Specimen – Un-Axial Compression test and Point Load ........................... 19
8.3 Analysis of Settlements ..................................................................................... 20
8.4 Results Obtained and Analysis .......................................................................... 20
8.5 Quality Control and Specifications .................................................................... 21
Chapter 5 .................................................................................................................................. 22
9. CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................... 22
10. RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................... 23

APPENDICIS
ANNEX I – Borehole Logs
ANNEX II– Laboratory Tests

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Reference standards for field investigation and laboratory tests. ................................... v
Table 2: Relative density and N correlations for clays. ................................................................ 8
Table 3: Results from index tests corresponding to the borehole. .............................................. 10
Table 4: soil swelling properties in accordance to liquid limits ................................................... 11
Table 5: Results from proctor test. ............................................................................................ 11
Table 6: Results from the shear box test. ................................................................................... 12
Table 7: Rock specimen tested for UCS..................................................................................... 12
Table 8: Classification of Rocks according to BS 5930 ............................................................ 13
Table 9: Classification of rock quality based on RQD ............................................................... 14
Table 10: Ground bearing capacity from the Rock specimen UCS- test ..................................... 20
Table 11: Ground bearing capacity from the SPT- test.............................................................. 20
Table 12: Ground bearing capacity from shear test .................................................................. 21
 Table 1: Reference standards for field investigation and laboratory tests.

TEST STANDARDS - STANDARDS - BS

ASTM
Standard Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes D 2487-10
Standard Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils -Mechanical Grading D422-63 BS1377: Part 2: 1990:8
Standard Practice for Description and Identification of Soils (Visual-Manual description) D 2488-09a
Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of D 2216-10, D2216-91 BS1377: Part 2: 1990:3
soil & D4643-87
Standard Test Methods for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils D 4318-10/ D4318-84 BS1377:Part 2: 1990:4,5
(Atterberg limits) &6
Standard Test Method for Specific gravity D854-92 BS1377: Part 2: 1990:8
Standard Test Method for Triaxial Compression Test on soils (Unconsolidated D2850 − 03a BS1377: Part 7: 1990:8
Undrained, Quick undrained or Consolidated drained) (Reapproved 2007) & 9 and BS 1377: Part
8:1990:6, 7 & 8.
Standard Test Methods for One-Dimensional swell or settlement potential of cohesive D 4546-96
soil
Standard Test Methods for One-Dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soils D2435-04 , D2435-96 BS1377: Part 5: 1990:4
(odometer test) or D4546-08
Standard Test Methods for Moisture, Ash, and Organic Matter of Peat and Other D2974
Standard Test Methods for determination of soil Permeability D2434-68(2006) BS1377: Part 5: 1990:5
Standard Test Methods for Chemical Corrosivity Testing (PH/Chloride/Sulphate BS1377: Part 3: 1990
contents)
Standard Test Methods for determination of Direct Shear Box Strength D3080-90 BS1377: Part 7: 1990:5
Standard Test Methods for determination of soil Bulk Unit Weight
Standard Test Methods for determination Soil Compaction Tests
- Maximum Dry Density (MDD) & Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) D1557-91 BS1377: Part 4:1990:3
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR) and CBR Swell D1883-92 BS1377: Part 4: 1990:7
- 100% mod AASHTO MDD (BS Heavy) and OMC D1557-91
- 95% mod AASHTO MDD and OMC
- 90% mod AASHTO MDD (BS Light) and OMC D698-07
Standard Test Methods for Uniaxial Compressive Strength (UCS) of rock core samples D2938-95
Standard Test Methods for Uniaxial Compressive Strength with strain measurement D3148-96
(UCM)
Standard Test Methods for Point Load Test

FIELD INVESTIGATION
UK Standard code of practice for site investigation BS 5930:1981
US Standard code of practice for site investigation D2487-06 and
D2488-09
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Chapter 1

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1.Antecedents

Artesian (K) Ltd was commissioned to curry out geotechnical investigation into the subsoil
conditions for proposed construction of 3Nos 24 tower buildings in Kirichwa road, Kilimani area
in Nairobi and to undertake and interpret laboratory results and prepare a geotechnical report
on the findings and give its recommendations. Artesian (K) Ltd did the site investigation works
and commissioned Vabela Geoconsult and services to conduct the laboratory test and prepare
this report.

1.2.Purpose and Scope of Work

The main objective of this factual report is to define the stratigraphic characteristics of the site
based on the field work and observations; and later use this information together with
laboratory results to recommend the most appropriate foundation system for the proposed
construction works, from the geotechnical point of view.

In order to comply with the above mentioned objective, the following activities were carried
out under the following scope of work during field and laboratory investigations:

 Identification of soil and rock stratigraphy for the upper layers of the soil profile.
 Curry out SPT tests at designated depths
 Identification of problem soils through laboratory tests
 Presence of perched or shallow water table conditions.
 Geological site inspection.
 Evaluation of material properties for foundations and evaluation of the inherent
geotechnical risk on the property.
 Execution of laboratory tests.
 General Geotechnical recommendations for the project.

1.3.Project Location

The site is located along Kirichwa road in Kilimani area, Nairobi County.

1.4.Project Characteristics

The project consists of a proposed 3 Nos. twenty four tower storey building with/or without
basements and associated amenities.

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2. FIELD WORK
2.1 General

The locations of the test positions were determined by the client. The field study consisted of
nine Boreholes explored to a depth of 20.0m using a GY150 drilling rig. SPT tests were done on
overburden leyers as directed by the client to depth where rock was encountered. Detailed logs
as shown in Annex I, borehole logs.

During the course of field works, Disturbed bag samples were obtained with the aim of carrying
out corresponding laboratory tests.

2.2 Site works

Site works was undertaken on 15th July 2017 to 24th July 2017. During this period, Drilling and
their associated tests such as SPT and sampling were carried out in accordance to BS 5930.

2.2.1 Standard Penetration Tests

The Standard Penetration Test (SPT) was carried out using the standard equipment as described
below, according to the ASTM 1586D standards.

Test procedure
Standard Penetration Test (SPT) involves driving a standard thick-walled sample tube into the
ground at the bottom of a borehole by blows from a slide hammer with standard weight and
falling distance. The sampler is driven by a drop hammer weighing 64 kg falling through a height
of 76 cm. The sample tube is driven 150 mm into the ground and then the number of blows
needed for the tube to penetrate each 75mm (3 in) up to a depth of 450 mm (18 in) is
recorded. The sum of the number of blows required for the second, third, fourth and fifth (6 in.)
of penetration is reported as SPT blow-count value, commonly termed as "standard penetration
resistance" or the "N-value".

The hammer weight, drop height, spoon diameter, rope diameter etc. are standard dimensions.
After the test, the sample remaining inside the split spoon is preserved in an airtight container
for inspection and description. The N-values provide an indication of the relative density of the
subsoil, and they are used in the empirical geotechnical correlations to estimate the
approximate shear strength properties of the soils in conjunction with other relevant tests as
illustrated in table 2. SPT N values are as given on logs in Annex II.

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Table 2: Relative density and N correlations for clays.

No. of Field Undrained Shear

Blows Strength Strength Field Assessment
<2 Very soft <20kN/m2 Exudes between fingers when squeezed
2 - 4 Soft 20 to 40 kN/m2 Molded by light finger pressure
5 - 8 Firm 40 to 75 kN/m2 Molded by strong finger pressure
9 - 15 Stiff 75 to 150 kN/m2 Cannot be molded by fingers. Can be indented by thumb.
16 - 30 Very stiff >150 kN/m2 Can be indented by thumb nail.
>30 Hard > 300 kN/m2 Cannot be indented by thumb nail.

Standard penetration test (SPT) is one of the most commonly used methods for determining
allowable soil bearing capacity. This is simply because SPT blow count numbers are readily
available from soil boring. The equations that are commonly used are those proposed by
Meyerhof based on twenty five millimeter of foundation settlement.

2.2.2 Soil Sampling

Bag soil (disturbed) samples were sampled from the boreholes for the purpose of testing them
in the laboratory; Sampling was done in accordance to BS 5930.

2.2.3 Rock Coring

A total of nine boreholes were drilled over the site using one core drilling machine.

At each borehole site, a 150mm diameter continuous flight auger was used to advance the hole
in unconsolidated formations. Where rock was encountered, 76mm diameter diamond bit
attached to a double tube core barrel was used to drill the rock. Water flushing using a piston
pump was used during coring to flush out cuttings and to cool the bit.

All the core barrels were of 1.5m length and the rock cores recovered were placed in wooden
core boxes of 1.5m length. A description of the material encountered and depth are shown on
the borehole logs given as Annex I. The cores recovered from the boreholes are shown on the
photographs included as Annex I.

2.3 Ground Water Monitoring

No ground water was encountered during the excavation in the boreholes. Water was used to
flush the holes during core drilling. There was therefore water in the borehole as drilling
progressed.

3. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE OF SITE

3.1 Geographical Location

The site and the surrounding areas are located on relatively flat ground terrain with a gentle
slope towards Nairobi town.

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3.2 Physiography

The area falls under the geological of Nairobi which has been dominated by volcanic activity,
The rocks in the Nairobi area mainly comprise a succession of lavas and Pyroclastics of the
Cainozoic age and overlying the foundation of folded Precambrian schist’s and gneisses of the
Mozambique belt with the project area located predominantly phonolitic trachyte overlaid by
shallow layers of Tuffs.

3.3 Climate

The site and the surrounding region are in Nairobi County and can be described as relatively
warm; temperatures are fairly uniform with coolest months occurring from June to August
while hottest temperatures typically occur from December to March. Rainfall is bimodal with
long rains occurring from March to June while the short rainy period occurs from October to
December. The mean annual rainfall ranges between 800 mm and 1,300 mm per annum.

3.4 Vegetation

The site is open dominated by grass.

3.5 Permeability and Drainage

The site area is characterized with fair good drainage which is greatly facilitated by the site
slight sloppy topography with fairly good ground water infiltration due to presence of silty
sands around the site and highly fractured rock below.

3.6 Regional Geology

The site and the surrounding areas comprises of Nairobi volcanic rocks, which comprise of the
Nairobi Trachytes extending from Dagoretti – Karen up to the east of Nairobi, and towards
north of Kiambu and Githunguri; Nairobi Phonolites between the Nairobi National Park and
Kiambu and resting directly on the Athi Series; and the Kapiti Phonolites which are also overlain
by the Athi Series. The Upper Athi Series formations mainly consist of sandy sediments, gravel,
or pebble beds, tuffs and pyroclastic sediments. Towards Kiambu area soils are products of
weathering of mainly volcanic rocks and are either shallow, yellow-brown to yellow-red friable
clays overlying a laterite horizon or deep red soils that reach more than 50 feet (15m) in
thickness, while in and around Nairobi, black cotton soils with calcareous and non-calcareous
variants are dominant.

3.7 Local Geology

The study area mainly consists of agglomeratic Tuffs ranging from cemented fine-grained, wind-
sorted pumiceous ash to agglomeratic tuffs with rock fragments up to 0.5 m size. This overlay
phonolitic trachyte which are vesicular and occasionally porphyritic, tubular and inter bedded with
sands all at varied weathering stages. Most of the rocks on these layers are still undergoing
weathering processes mostly chemical weathering through hydrolysis and oxidation action.

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Chapter 2

4. LABORATORY WORK
4.1 Laboratory Tests

4.1.1 General

Samples from the exploration works were labeled, protected and taken to the laboratory with
the aim of carrying out tests as discussed below, test results obtained from the laboratory tests
are illustrated and presented in Annex II.

4.1.2 Mechanical and Index Tests

Soil Samples from the exploration works were labeled, protected and taken to the laboratory
and tested on their mechanical tests as discussed below, test results obtained from the
laboratory tests are illustrated and presented in Annex II.

4.1.3 Index Tests

Soil index properties are used extensively to distinguish between the different kinds of soil
within a broad category. The results from the classification tests provided us with valuable
information on the soil characteristics.

The results obtained from the laboratory index tests are summarized in Tables 3 below and the
details are presented in Annex II.

Table 3: Results from index tests corresponding to the borehole.

SOIL GRADING AND

BH DEPTH NMC CLASSIFICATION ATTERBERG LIMITS SOIL CLASSIFICATION
No
. (m) (%) CLAY SILT SAND GRAVEL LL PL PI L.S USCS DESCRIPTION
4.0-6.0 39.4 5.9 30.3 61.2 2.6 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
1
8.0-10.0 25.6 5.0 26.3 64.5 4.0 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
4.0-6.0 39.4 5.9 30.3 61.2 2.6 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
3
8.0-10.0 32.6 7.5 38.6 51.4 2.5 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
4.0-6.0 38.2 5.3 26.0 60.1 8.6 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
4
10.0-12.0 32.6 5.8 29.2 59.2 5.8 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
4.0-6.0 23.6 6.3 31.7 55.6 6.3 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
5
12.0-14.0 133 4.1 20.5 72.1 3.3 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
4.0-8.0 35.2 6.6 33.6 56.4 3.4 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
6
8.0-12.0 24.7 5.5 27.1 63.1 4.3 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
4.0-8.0 37.7 4.3 21.9 68.0 5.8 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
7
8.0-12.0 27.3 5.2 27.6 60.9 6.4 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)

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4.0-6.0 37.9 7.4 36.9 49.2 6.5 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)
8
12.0-14.0 31.7 7.0 35.8 53.3 3.9 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)

4.0-8.0 36.4 9.4 50.3 37.6 2.7 52 38 14 6.4 SML Sandy SILT of low plasticity (black in colour)
9
8.0-14.0 43.0 6.9 34.3 57.1 1.7 Non Plastic SM Silty SAND of none plasticity (black in colour)

4.1.4 Soil Swelling Properties

Soil Expansion properties were estimated and classified in accordance with their Liquid limits
(Chen and IS 1498) as indicted on the table 3 below, the soil test results indicated the soil to be
of very high in expansiveness as shown on table 4 below:-
Table 4: soil swelling properties in accordance to liquid limits

Degree of Liquid limits

Expansion Chen IS 1498
Low <30 20 - 35
Medium 30 - 40 35 - 50
High 40 - 60 50 - 70
Very High >60 70 - 90

Most of the materials on site are sands of none expansive behavior, however there are minor
instances that may cause some areas to heave when exposed to water, such area are as
recorded in BH 9 at depth of 4.0-8.0m which recorded a low liquid limits of 52.0 % which
classifies as of medium to high expansiveness.

4.1.5 Mechanical Test - Compaction Test

Compaction test (Standard Proctor test) was done determine the relationship between the
moisture content and the dry density of a soil for a specified compaction effort. The samples
were carefully and thoroughly mixed, quartered and tested in compaction in accordance to BS
1377. This test was carried out on borehole BH 5, BH 8 AND BH 9 at depth of 4.0 -14.0m.

The test identifies the soil as of low to medium density recording maximum dry density as
summarized in table 5 below. Test results are given in the annex II.

Table 5: Results from proctor test.

BH DEPTH PROCTOR
No. (m) OMC MDD
5 4.0-14.0 14.0 1395
8 4.0-14.0 14.2 1403
9 4.0-14.0 20.3 1333

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4.1.6 Shear Box Tests

The Shear box tests were executed based on the disturbed bag samples obtained from the bore
holes. The soils Shear properties were determined in accordance with BS1377 and the results
obtained are presented in Table 6 below and the detailed information is presented in annex II:-
The soil tested for shear parameters corresponds to those done compaction tests.

Table 6: Results from the shear box test.

BH DEPTH SHEAR TEST

No. (m) ANGLE COHESION
5 4.0-14.0 26 3
8 4.0-14.0 27 2
9 4.0-14.0 26 2

4.1.7 Un-axial Compression Tests on Rock Cores

Un-axial Compression Test on core samples were done from cores selected from various depths
in accordance with BS1881. Each piece of core was cut with a diamond saw to produce a right
cylinder. The ends were ground flat in accordance with the standard. All the specimens were
tested without soaking.

The test requires the specimens to have a height to diameter ratio of approximately 2:1; this
means that the longer lengths of solid core tended to be selected for testing. This will have
resulted in an overestimate of the strength of the layer. The results of the tests are given in the
Table 6 below and the details in the Annex II.

The following stratums were tested for UCS and recorded the following strengths:-

Table 7: Rock specimen tested for UCS

BH Sampled Sample
Stress (kN/m2) Term
No. Core Run Depth (m)
1 10.0-12.0 10.41-10.59 1940 Very Weak
3 10.0-12.0 10.69-10.88 1675 Very Weak
4 12.0-13.5 12.0-12.22 Sample broken down during preparation
5 14.0-15.5 14.0-14.22 4695 Very Weak
6 16.0-18.0 16.14-16.27 2590 Very Weak
7 14.0-16.0 14.27-14.51 6150 Weak
8 18.0-20.0 18.39-18.69 12543 Weak
9 14.0-16.0 14.0-14.16 Sample broken down during preparation
10 10.0-12.0 10.4-10.6 25747 Moderately strong

The rock specimens were classified in accordance to BS 5930 as shown Table 7 below;

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Table 8: Classification of Rocks according to BS 5930

Unconfined uniaxial Point load

compressive strength
Term Field Identification of Specimen strength qu (MPa) Is(50) (Mpa)
Extremely strong Can only be chipped with geological hammer > 250 >10
Very strong Requires many blows of geological hammer to break it 100 – 250 5 – 10
Requires more than one blow of geological hammer to
Strong fracture it 50 – 100 2–5
Cannot be scraped or peeled with a pocket knife. Can be
Moderately strong fractured with single firm blow of geological hammer 20 – 50 1–2
Can be peeled by a pocket knife with difficulty. Shallow
indentations made by firm blow with point of geological
Weak hammer 5 – 20
Crumbles under firm blows with point of geological hammer. <1
Very weak Can be peeled by a pocket knife 1–5
Indented by thumb nail or other lesser strength terms used
Extremely weak for soils <1

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Chapter 3

5. STRATIGRAPHY

The subsurface stratigraphy was characterized based on the excavated Boreholes as presented
in the logs (See Annex I). The cores recovered from the boreholes are shown on the
photographs included as Annex I.

5.1 Boreholes Description

A total of nine Boreholes were drilled over the site using one core drilling machine.

During the execution of the bore holes, rock formations were encountered after approximately
10.0m of depth. A 150mm diameter continuous flight auger was used to advance the hole in
unconsolidated formations. A diamond drill bit attached to a double tube core barrel was used
to drill weathered rock, extracting rock cores for visual classification and laboratory tests. A
classification criterion based on the Rock Quality Designation (RQD) was adopted to carry out
rock descriptions at different depth. The description of the rock quality was executed based on
Table 9, below.

Table 9: Classification of rock quality based on RQD

Description of the RQD % (Rock Quality

rock quality Designation)
Very poor <25
Poor 25 - 50
Fair 50 - 75
Good 75 - 90
Excellent 90 - 100

The core barrels were of 1.5m and 2.0m length and the rock cores recovered were placed in
wooden core boxes of 1.5m length. Water flushing using a piston pump was used during coring
to flush out cuttings and to cool the bit. Description of the material encountered are as
summarized below, detailed logs are in Annex I.

BH1
From 0.00 to 10.00m: Top layer composed of black silty sand.
From 10.00 to 12.00 m: Grey moderately weathered agglomeratic tuff (grade III). This stratum
presents very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) of 10.0%.
From 12.00 to 16.00m: Grey moderately weathered highly fractured and porous agglomerated
tuff (grade III), the stratum recorded a very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) ranging from
13% to 16%.

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BH3
From 0.00 to 10.00m: Top layer composed of black silty sand.
From 10.00 to 12.00 m: Grey moderately weathered agglomerated tuff (grade III). This stratum
presents very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) of 10.0%.
From 12.00 to 16.00m: Greyish brown highly weathered highly fractured agglomerated tuff
(grade IV), the stratum recorded a very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) ranging from 13%
to 16%.
From 16.00 to 20.00m: Brownish grey moderately weathered, moderately fractured
agglomerated tuff (grade III), the stratum recorded a very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD)
ranging from 6% to 15%.

BH4
From 0.00 to 12.00m: Top layer composed of black silty sand.
From 12.00 to 15.00 m: Back tuffy sand stone with rough surface (course grained) highly
weathered (grade IV). This stratum presents good to excellent Rock Quality Designation (RQD)
ranging from 80% to 100%.
From 15.00 to 17.00m: Brownish grey tuff of highly weathered with brown highly fractured
zone at 16.1-16.5m (grade IV), the stratum recorded a fair Rock Quality Designation (RQD) of
73%.
From 17.00 to 20.00m: Back tuffy sand stone with rough surface (course grained) highly
weathered (grade IV), the stratum recorded a poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) ranging
from 40.0% to 43.3%.

BH5
From 0.00 to 14.00m: Top layer composed of black silty sand.
From 14.00 to 15.00 m: Brown highly weathered moderately fractured agglomerated tuff
(grade IV). This stratum presents very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) of 24%.
From 15.00 to 20.00m: Brownish grey moderately weathered, slightly to moderate fractured
aggromeratic tuff with semi vertical faults (grade II- III), the stratum recorded a very poor to
poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) ranging from 11% to 45%.

BH6
From 0.00 to 12.00m: Top layer composed of black silty sand.
From 12.00 to 20.00 m: Brownish grey to grey highly to moderately weathered, moderate
fractured aggromeratic tuff (grade IV-III). This stratum presents very poor Rock Quality
Designation (RQD) ranging from 0% to 21%.

BH7
From 0.00 to 12.00m: Top layer composed of black silty sand.
From 12.00 to 16.00 m: Brown to grey moderately weathered, slightly fractured aggromeratic
tuff (grade III). This stratum presents very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) ranging from 0%
to 22%.
From 16.00 to 20.00m: Greyish Brown highly weathered, highly fractured aggromeratic tuff
(grade IV), the stratum recorded a very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) of 0%.

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BH8
From 0.00 to 14.00m: Top layer composed of black silty sand.
From 14.00 to 20.00 m: Grey slightly to moderately weathered, slightly fractured at 16.0-
16.46m, with semi-vertical open faults agglomerated tuff (grade II-III). This stratum presents a
very poor to poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) ranging from 0% to 30%.

BH9
From 0.00 to 14.00m: Top layer composed of black silty sand.
From 14.00 to 18.00 m: Black tuffy highly weathered sand stone with rough surface (course
grained) (grade IV). This stratum presents of poor to fair Rock Quality Designation (RQD)
ranging from 31% to 69%.
From 18.00 to 20.00m: Brownish grey highly to extremely fractured and highly weathered
aggromeritic tuff (grade IV), the stratum recorded a very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD)
of 0.0%.

BH10
From 0.00 to 2.00m: Top layer composed of black silty sand.
From 2.00 to 4.00 m: Black course grained, moderately weathered, moderately fractured tuffy
sand stone. (Grade III). This stratum presents very poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) of 11%.
From 4.00 to 12.00m: Brownish grey slightly to moderately weathered, slightly to moderately
fractured agglomeritic tuff with semi vertical faults (grade II-III), the stratum recorded a very
poor to poor Rock Quality Designation (RQD) ranging from 0% to 33%.
From 12.00 to 16.00m: Grey slightly to moderate weathered, moderately to extremely
fractured at 15.1-16.0m aggromeritic tuff (grade III), the stratum recorded a very poor to poor
Rock Quality Designation (RQD) ranging from 7.0% to 26.0%.

5.2 General Site Stratography

The site stratigraphy is quite homogeneous and it can be summarized as follows:

From 0.00 to 10.00m: Top layer composed of dense black silty clay.

From 10.00 to 20.0m: Grey aggromeritic Tuff rocks with variable stages of weathering. The
weathering grades ranging from grade II to grade VI (Slightly to highly weathered). This layer is
characterized of course grained, compact and medium dense, level of hardness depending on
the level of weathering at the present time.

6. SITE EVALUATION

The site is situated on a flat ground characterized by two minor soil profiles based on rock
formation as found on site from the explored boreholes:

The profile consists of silty sand layers overlaying to a depth of approximately 10.0m thick of
over burden, this then overlay a varied weathered Agglomerati tuff rocks.

The weathering stages on this site vary from slightly to highly weathering conditions. The rock
from the exploration work indicates the site to be uniform in terms of rock composition,
weathering conditions and shear strength.
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6.1 Problem Soils and Grounds

No evidence of problematic soils was found on site but the silty sand encountered can be
expected to collapse during excavation. For this reason it is essential that the excavations for
the foundations are properly supported by such methods as strutting or grouting. It is also
recommended that the excavations are not left open for long time after excavation.

No evidence of low density or major leached horizons was encountered to indicate a collapsible
grain structure. However, Areas with extremely weathered rock or residual sands encountered
at or below foundation level should be removed and replaced with mass concrete or backfilled
with suitable materials.

6.2 Shallow Ground Water

No groundwater or perched water table was encountered during the drilling exercise.
However, water maybe observed during foundation excavation exercise due to shallow water
seepage from higher grounds through the faults due to releases in pore pressure.

The regional water table is expected to deeper than the explored depth but may rise during
heavy rains.

6.3 Potential to Flooding

No flooding is expected as no natural or artificial systems impact on the site.

6.4 Excavatability and Installations Services

Excavatability across the site will be easy to moderate and can be excavated using heavy
earthmoving equipments. However due to differential in weathering may necessitate the use of
pneumatic rock breakers at depth lower than 15m.

6.5 Slope Stability and Erosions

The proposed development area has a natural ground slope of <1°.

Manor instability of shallow vertical trenches or walls of up to 3.0meters is expected at the

current moisture conditions due to density inconsistencies as a result of weathering, fractures
and level disturbances caused during excavation.

Moderate to severe instability of deep vertical trenches or excavations greater than 3.0 meters
is expected on areas with silty sand and extremely weathered rocks. The necessary stabilization
techniques and/or precautionary measures need to be implemented in all excavations that are
to be accessed during the construction process.

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6.6 Foundation Solutions

Based on the soil profiling and laboratory testing, combined pad footing (improved pads) or raft
foundations are recommended for lighter building while deep or pile foundation are
recommended to high heavier buildings. The foundation improving material or foundation bed
is to be compacted to 95% MOD AASHTO density of optimum moisture content.

The residual and completely decomposed rock encountered at or below foundation levels is to
be removed and replaced with concrete or approved material compacted to 95% MOD AASHTO
density of optimum moisture content. A cast in-situ pads or spread foot foundations founded at
/or below a depth of 6.0m below the surface is recommended.

7. GEOTECHNICAL RISK EVALUATION

Based on information collected and tests conducted on the site indicates the site suitable for
the intended development. Suitable approved methods shall be used to mitigate the risks
associated with sever collapse of excavation walls; the occurrences of sand layers below the
foundation level should be investigated after excavation to ensure that their occurrences don’t
compromise the foundations.

Seismicity activity in the area is insignificant.

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Chapter 4

8. FOUNDATION ANALYSIS
8.1 Foundation Evaluation

Considering the characteristics of the soil, the stratigraphic nature of the rock obtained from
the field and laboratory studies it is evident that there are existence of weak zones to extreme
depths of the boreholes; therefore, it’s recommended that considerations should be carefully
made should any foundation system are to be laid on this layers.

The top most layers up to a depth of 10.0m will have to be completely removed before
commencement of any construction works. In the case of employing any platforms, it’s
important to note that these will be constructed on a surface free from the above mentioned
top layer.

In terms of BS5930 the tuffs rock classifies as very weak to weak. The rocks are likely to require
pneumatic tools or heavy earthmoving equipment for removal and the foundations should be
taken down to the firm rock free from extremely weathered rocks.

Areas with weak extremely weathered rock encountered below or at foundation level should
be removed and replaced with mass concrete or the foundations need to be taken to a lower
depth to avoid them.

The weathering products of Nairobi volcanic rocks are generally highly expansive and when
exposed in an excavation in the presence of water can swell and soften. Should any such
materials be encountered in the excavations they need to be removed and replaced with mass
concrete or the foundations need to be taken to a lower depth to avoid them.

8.2 Shallow Foundation Analysis

The ultimate load bearing capacity analysis for shallow foundations was determined according
to the rock unaxial compression test results. The results of bearing capacities are as given in
section 8.4 below.

8.2.1 Rock Specimen – Un-Axial Compression test and Point Load

Ultimate Bearing capacities were estimated from rock unxial compressive test. This Ultimate
bearing pressure was assumed to be equal to that recorded from the rock unxial compressive
strength.

The choice of weathering factors associated with the rock is a critical aspect in the designing
process. The engineer in charge is tasked with the duty of determining the factor of safety
against the influence of weathering on bearing capacity of the stratum that will receive the
foundation system. The results of bearing capacities are as given in section 8.4 below.

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8.3 Analysis of Settlements

According to the nature of rock detected; the type of settlements that are expected will take
place during the construction period, meaning that the proposed structures will suffer minimal
immediate settlements.

8.4 Results Obtained and Analysis

Considering the analysis procedures contained in the subchapters 8.1 to 8.3 and the
corresponding resistance parameters of the subsoil already presented; we were able to obtain
the following results:

The un-factored ultimate allowable load bearing capacity values of the weathered rock are
presented in tables below. Differential settlement is estimated to be less than 25 mm.

Table 10: Ground bearing capacity from the Rock specimen UCS- test

BH Sampled Sample ALLOWABLE BEARING

Stress (kN/m2) Term 2
No. Core Run Depth (m) CAPACITY (KN/m )
1 10.0-12.0 10.41-10.59 1940 Very Weak 646
3 10.0-12.0 10.69-10.88 1675 Very Weak 558
4 12.0-13.5 12.0-12.22 Sample broken down during preparation
5 14.0-15.5 14.0-14.22 4695 Very Weak 1,565
6 16.0-18.0 16.14-16.27 2590 Very Weak 863
7 14.0-16.0 14.27-14.51 6150 Weak 2,050
8 18.0-20.0 18.39-18.69 12543 Weak 4,180
9 14.0-16.0 14.0-14.16 Sample broken down during preparation
10 10.0-12.0 10.4-10.6 25747 Moderately strong 8,582

Table 11: Ground bearing capacity from the SPT- test

N- Allowable
BORE N'60 - BREATH DEPTH D
DEPTH (m) VALUES D/B k Bearing capacity
HOLE VALUES B (m) (m) 2
(No) (KN/m )
BH 1 2.00 2.45 13 10.4 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 249
BH 1 4.00 4.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287
BH 1 6.00 6.45 18 14.4 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 345
BH 3 2.00 2.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287
BH 3 4.00 4.45 20 16.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 383
BH 3 6.00 6.45 16 12.8 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 306
BH 4 2.00 2.45 11 8.8 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 211
BH 4 4.00 4.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287
BH 4 6.00 6.45 17 13.6 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 326
BH 5 2.00 2.45 11 8.8 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 211
BH 5 4.00 4.45 13 10.4 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 249
BH 5 6.00 6.45 16 12.8 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 306
BH 6 4.00 4.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287
BH 7 4.00 4.45 17 13.6 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 326
BH 8 2.00 2.45 12 9.6 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 230
BH 8 4.00 4.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287

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BH 8 6.00 6.45 18 14.4 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 345
BH 8 14.00 14.10 50 40.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 958
BH 9 4.00 4.45 20 16.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 383

Table 12: Ground bearing capacity from shear test

Shear Altimate Allowable

DEPTH Angle Cohesion bearing bearing Capacity
(m) MDD (degrees) (kpa) capacity (Kpa) (kPa)
1377 26 2
1 1377 26 2 430 95
2 1377 26 2 725 161
3 1377 26 2 1043 241
4 1377 26 2 1361 302
5 1377 26 2 1657 373
6 1377 26 2 1997 443
7 1377 26 2 2315 514
8 1377 26 2 2602 578
9 1377 26 2 2898 644
10 1377 26 2 3203 711

8.5 Quality Control and Specifications

It should be noted that for the project activities to be carried out in the projected time and
within the specified quality parameters, a quality control laboratory will need to be available at
all times, which will ensures the completion of each construction stage with strictly adherence
to project specifications.

All the works must adhere to the latest updated Construction Standards. It is important to note
that a company/firm responsible for quality control works during the construction stage will
have a task of carrying out tests on the materials that will be employed, to make sure they
comply with the specifications.

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Chapter 5

9. CONCLUSIONS

Based on the results from site exploration, laboratory tests and the interpretation of data
received, the following conclusions and recommendations of geotechnical nature are presented
as follows:
1. Soil Bearing Capacity

The Allowable bearing capacity is as follows, (no water into the foundation):
Shear Altimate Allowable
DEPTH Angle Cohesion bearing bearing Capacity
(m) MDD (degrees) (kpa) capacity (Kpa) (kPa)
1377 26 2
1 1377 26 2 430 95
2 1377 26 2 725 161
3 1377 26 2 1043 241
4 1377 26 2 1361 302
5 1377 26 2 1657 373
6 1377 26 2 1997 443
7 1377 26 2 2315 514
8 1377 26 2 2602 578
9 1377 26 2 2898 644
10 1377 26 2 3203 711

NOTES:
i. The rocks on site are weak as indicated by poor rock quality designation (See the logs).

ii. Black dense silty sand were found from depths of 0.30m to 10.0m in all boreholes
except in borehole 10, it’s important to note that although sands are incompressible,
their bearing pressure is much lower as compared to that of the rock masses and their
settlement maybe more and uneven if foundations beds are non uniform, its therefore
important to give in due considerations during design phase.

It is recommendable that further deeper investigation be done below the foundation

level to ensure these sand formations does not lay deep to influence the foundation
bearing capacity. It is also critical that these sand formations be removed and replaced
with mass concrete if encountered below foundation bed, in case their occurrences are
judged to be sever after excavation and/or further investigation, it shall be important to
consider taking the foundations to a hard rock formations below or use pile
foundations.

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10. RECOMMENDATIONS

• The foundations should be taken down to a firm ground and should be protected
against ingress of storm water. However, horizontal cross section of these founding
layers are probably not going to be uniform across the site as in the areas investigated;
it is likely that greater or lesser depth to the hard strata may be encountered at
different areas over the site. Every effort should be made to found the foundations at a
firm ground or backfill the weak layers with concrete or suitable approved Gravel
materials in layers not exceeding 200mm to compaction of not less than 95%AASHTO
T99 at 85-105% optimum moisture content.

• The foundation of the structure should be designed to eliminate unacceptable

foundation and structural distress and constructed to maintain or promote constant
moisture in the foundation soils. Drainage should be provided to eliminate ponded
water.

• The foundation should always be provided with adequate drainage, and the soil
properly prepared to minimize changes in soil moisture and differential movement.
Existing trees and other heavy vegetation should be removed. New plantings of like
items installed during post construction landscaping should not be located within a
distance away from the structure ranging from 1 to 1.5 times the height of the mature
tree.

• Areas with extremely weathered rock or sand deposits encountered at or below

foundation level should be removed and replaced with mass concrete or backfilled with
suitable materials and compacted in layer not exceeding 150mm and compacted to a
maximum Dry Density of 95% ASSHTO T99 and 85-100% optimum moisture content or
the foundations need to be taken to a lower depth to avoid them.

Note: The coefficient of lateral earth pressure can exceed one if the backfill is heavily
compacted and expansive, or the natural soil adjacent to the wall is expansive.
Controlled backfills in the basements are recommended to minimize lateral pressures
and increase the economy of the foundation. Steel reinforcement can provide the
necessary restraint to horizontal earth pressures or the embankments/abutments
should be cut to a stable slope and protected by stone pitching or other desirable
construction practices, unreinforced masonry brick and concrete blocks should not be
used to construct gravity walls.

The area below the foundation beds should be observed with caution and allowance
should be provided for further geotechnical investigation below the foundation level to
ensure foundations area laid on solid hard rocks.

• Once the excavations to accommodate the foundations have been completed, the
bottom of the excavation shall be protected in all cases with a thin layer of lean
concrete f'c = 100 kg/cm2, with a thickness of at least 50mm before proceeding to place
concrete for foundation construction.

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• This soil mechanics report provides geotechnical recommendations for the explored
area and the information provided should never be employed to provide geotechnical
solutions to a different location.

Report drafted by: Nderu Laban

For Artesian (K) Ltd

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APPENDECIS

ANNEX I - BOREHOLE LOGS

ANNEX II – LABORATORY RESULTS

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BOREHOLE LOG Borehole No: 1
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA Start Date: 15-07-08
ROAD, KILIMANI AREA End Date: 16-07-18
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Contract No. Logged by:Laban
Report Ref: Hammer weigth and Page: 1 of 1
drop
Initial water depth B.L 63.5kg/760mm(Auto)
Diameter of hole Depth: 16 m
Final water depth - Elevation:
Grid Coordinates N
Method: E
SAMPLES AND TESTS STRATA
Depth(m)& Sample Core runs SPT N Value
Reduced TRC RQD SCR
Type Depth Depth
Level(m) (m) (%) (%) 10
&No. Legend (m) Description 20 30 40 50
0.50

1.50

2.50 13
3.50

4.50 15
5.50
Black silty sand

6.50 18
7.50

8.50

9.50
10.00
10.50




 Grey moderately weathered
11.50

 agglomeratic tuff


 12.00 0.60 10 30.00
12.50





13.50

 Grey moderately weathered highly


 14.00 0.80 13 40.00 fractured and porous agglomerated
14.50




 tuff
15.50




 16.00 0.98 16 49.00
16.50 END OF BH
17.50

18.50

19.50

20.50

SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAITIONS

Standard Penetration SPT-1: Standard Penetration Test and Number General Remarks
Test Ground Level(if any) is that encountered during
UDS-1:Undisturbed Sample and Number drilling
RUN-1:Core Sample and Number SIGNATURE Artesian:
Initial Ground Water Level RQD:Rock Quality Designation CLIENT:
SCR: Solid Rock Recovery CONSULTANT:
 ARTESIAN (K) LTD
BOREHOLE LOG Borehole No: 3
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA Start Date: 10-07-18
ROAD, KILIMANI AREA End Date: 10-07-18
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Contract No. Logged by:Laban
Report Ref: Hammer weigth and Page: 1 of 1
drop
Initial water depth B.L 63.5kg/760mm(Auto)
Diameter of hole Depth: 20 m
Final water depth - Elevation:
Grid Coordinates N
Method: E
SAMPLES AND TESTS STRATA
Depth(m)& Sample Core runs SPT N Value
Reduced TRC RQD SCR
Type Depth Depth
Level(m) (m) (%) (%) 10
&No. Legend (m) Description 20 30 40 50
0.50

1.50

2.50 15
3.50

4.50 20
5.50
Black silty sand

6.50 16
7.50

8.50

9.50
10.00
10.50




 Grey moderately weathered
11.50

 agglomerated tuff


 12.00 1.16 10 58.00
12.50





13.50




 14.00 0.81 13 40.50 Greyish brown highly weathered
14.50

 highly fractured agglomerated tuff



15.50




 16.00 0.76 16 38.00
16.50





17.50

 Brownish grey moderately


 18.00 0.72 15 36 weathered, moderately fractured
18.50




 agglomerated tuff
19.50




 20.00 0.69 6 34.5
20.50 END OF BH
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAITIONS
Standard Penetration SPT-1: Standard Penetration Test and Number General Remarks
Test Ground Level(if any) is that encountered during
UDS-1:Undisturbed Sample and Number drilling
RUN-1:Core Sample and Number SIGNATURE Artesian:
Initial Ground Water Level RQD:Rock Quality Designation CLIENT:
SCR: Solid Rock Recovery CONSULTANT:
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BOREHOLE LOG Borehole No: 4
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA Start Date: 21-07-18
ROAD, KILIMANI AREA End Date: 21-07-18
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Contract No. Logged by:Laban
Report Ref: Hammer weigth and Page: 1 of 1
drop
Initial water depth B.L 63.5kg/760mm(Auto)
Diameter of hole Depth: 20.0 m
Final water depth - Elevation:
Grid Coordinates N
Method: E
SAMPLES AND TESTS STRATA
Depth(m)& Sample Core runs SPT N Value
Reduced TRC RQD SCR
Type Depth Depth
Level(m) (m) (%) (%) 10
&No. Legend (m) Description 20 30 40 50
0.50

1.50

2.50 11
3.50

4.50 15
5.50

6.50
Black silty sand 17
7.50

8.50

9.50

10.50

11.50
12.00
12.50





Back tuffy sand stone with rough
13.50

 13.50 1.50 80 100.0 surface (course grained) highly



14.50


weathered


 15.00 1.50 100 100.0 Brownish grey tuff of highly
15.50




 weathered with brown highly
16.50

 16.50 1.50 73 100.0 fractured zone at 16.1-16.5m



17.50




 18.00 0.65 43 43.3 Back tuffy sand stone with rough
18.50





surface (course grained) highly
19.50

 weathered


 20.00 8.00 53 40.0
20.50 END OF BH
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAITIONS
Standard Penetration SPT-1: Standard Penetration Test and Number General Remarks
Test Ground Level(if any) is that encountered during
UDS-1:Undisturbed Sample and Number drilling
RUN-1:Core Sample and Number SIGNATURE Artesian:
Initial Ground Water Level RQD:Rock Quality Designation CLIENT:
SCR: Solid Rock Recovery CONSULTANT:
 ARTESIAN (K) LTD
BOREHOLE LOG Borehole No: 5
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA Start Date: 19-07-18
ROAD, KILIMANI AREA End Date: 19-07-18
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Contract No. Logged by:Laban
Report Ref: Hammer weigth and Page: 1 of 1
drop
Initial water depth B.L 63.5kg/760mm(Auto)
Diameter of hole Depth: 20.0 m
Final water depth - Elevation:
Grid Coordinates N
Method: E
SAMPLES AND TESTS STRATA
Depth(m)& Sample Core runs SPT N Value
Reduced TRC RQD SCR
Type Depth Depth
Level(m) (m) (%) (%) 10
&No. Legend (m) Description 20 30 40 50
0.50

1.50

2.50 11
3.50

4.50 13
5.50

6.50
Black silty sand 16
7.50

8.50

9.50

10.50

11.50

12.50

13.50
Brown highly weathered
14.00
14.50

 moderately fractured



15.50

 15.50 1.26 24 84 agglomerated tuff



16.50

 16.50 1.00 45 100.0


 Brownish grey moderately
17.50

 weathered, slightly to moderate


 18.00 0.85 15 56.7
18.50

 fractured aggromeratic tuff with semi


 vertical faults
19.50




 20.00 0.73 11 36.5
20.50 END OF BH
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAITIONS
Standard Penetration SPT-1: Standard Penetration Test and Number General Remarks
Test Ground Level(if any) is that encountered during
UDS-1:Undisturbed Sample and Number drilling
RUN-1:Core Sample and Number SIGNATURE Artesian:
Initial Ground Water Level RQD:Rock Quality Designation CLIENT:
SCR: Solid Rock Recovery CONSULTANT:
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BOREHOLE LOG Borehole No: 6
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA Start Date: 22-07-18
ROAD, KILIMANI AREA End Date: 22-07-18
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Contract No. Logged by:Laban
Report Ref: Hammer weigth and Page: 1 of 1
drop
Initial water depth B.L 63.5kg/760mm(Auto)
Diameter of hole Depth: 20.0 m
Final water depth - Elevation:
Grid Coordinates N
Method: E
SAMPLES AND TESTS STRATA
Depth(m)& Sample Core runs SPT N Value
Reduced TRC RQD SCR
Type Depth Depth
Level(m) (m) (%) (%) 10
&No. Legend (m) Description 20 30 40 50
0.50

1.50

2.50

3.50

4.50 15
5.50

6.50
Black silty sand

7.50

8.50

9.50

10.50

11.50
12.00
12.50





13.50




 14.00 0.80 21 40.00
14.50





15.50

 Brownish grey to grey highly to


 16.00 0.68 5 34.00 moderately weathered, moderate
16.50




 fractured aggromeratic tuff
17.50




 18.00 0.62 18.5 31
18.50





19.50




 20.00 0.82 41.0
20.50 END OF BH
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAITIONS
Standard Penetration SPT-1: Standard Penetration Test and Number General Remarks
Test Ground Level(if any) is that encountered during
UDS-1:Undisturbed Sample and Number drilling
RUN-1:Core Sample and Number SIGNATURE Artesian:
Initial Ground Water Level RQD:Rock Quality Designation CLIENT:
SCR: Solid Rock Recovery CONSULTANT:
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BOREHOLE LOG Borehole No: 7
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA Start Date: 23-07-18
ROAD, KILIMANI AREA End Date: 23-07-18
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Contract No. Logged by:Laban
Report Ref: Hammer weigth and Page: 1 of 1
drop
Initial water depth B.L 63.5kg/760mm(Auto)
Diameter of hole Depth: 20.0 m
Final water depth - Elevation:
Grid Coordinates N
Method: E
SAMPLES AND TESTS STRATA
Depth(m)& Sample Core runs SPT N Value
Reduced TRC RQD SCR
Type Depth Depth
Level(m) (m) (%) (%) 10
&No. Legend (m) Description 20 30 40 50
0.50

1.50

2.50

3.50

4.50 17
5.50

6.50
Black silty sand

7.50

8.50

9.50

10.50

11.50
12.00
12.50





13.50

 Brown to grey moderately


 14.00 0.60 0 30.00 weathered, slightly fractured
14.50




 aggromeratic tuff
15.50




 16.00 0.80 22 40.00
16.50





17.50




 18.00 0.50 0.0 25 Greyish Brown highly weathered,
18.50

 highly fractured aggromeratic tuff



19.50




 20.00 0.67 0 33.5
20.50 END OF BH
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAITIONS
Standard Penetration SPT-1: Standard Penetration Test and Number General Remarks
Test Ground Level(if any) is that encountered during
UDS-1:Undisturbed Sample and Number drilling
RUN-1:Core Sample and Number SIGNATURE Artesian:
Initial Ground Water Level RQD:Rock Quality Designation CLIENT:
SCR: Solid Rock Recovery CONSULTANT:
 ARTESIAN (K) LTD
BOREHOLE LOG Borehole No: 8
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA Start Date: 18-07-18
ROAD, KILIMANI AREA End Date: 19-07-18
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Contract No. Logged by:Laban
Report Ref: Hammer weigth and Page: 1 of 1
drop
Initial water depth B.L 63.5kg/760mm(Auto)
Diameter of hole Depth: 20 m
Final water depth - Elevation:
Grid Coordinates N
Method: E
SAMPLES AND TESTS STRATA
Depth(m)& Sample Core runs SPT N Value
Reduced TRC RQD SCR
Type Depth Depth
Level(m) (m) (%) (%) 10
&No. Legend (m) Description 20 30 40 50
0.50

1.50

2.50 12
3.50

4.50 15
5.50

6.50 18
7.50
Black silty sand

8.50

9.50

10.50

11.50

12.50

13.50
14.00 50
14.50





15.50




 16.00 0.80 7 40.00 Grey slightly to moderately
16.50




 weathered, slightly fractured at 16.0-
17.50

 16.46m, with semi-vertical open


 18.00 0.98 0 49
18.50

 faults agglomerated tuff



19.50




 20.00 1.12 30 56
20.50 END OF BH
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAITIONS
Standard Penetration SPT-1: Standard Penetration Test and Number General Remarks
Test Ground Level(if any) is that encountered during
UDS-1:Undisturbed Sample and Number drilling
RUN-1:Core Sample and Number SIGNATURE Artesian:
Initial Ground Water Level RQD:Rock Quality Designation CLIENT:
SCR: Solid Rock Recovery CONSULTANT:
 ARTESIAN (K) LTD
BOREHOLE LOG Borehole No: 9
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA Start Date: 24/7/18/
ROAD, KILIMANI AREA End Date: 24-07-18
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Contract No. Logged by:Laban
Report Ref: Hammer weigth and Page: 1 of 1
drop
Initial water depth B.L 63.5kg/760mm(Auto)
Diameter of hole Depth: 20 m
Final water depth - Elevation:
Grid Coordinates N
Method: E
SAMPLES AND TESTS STRATA
Depth(m)& Sample Core runs SPT N Value
Reduced TRC RQD SCR
Type Depth Depth
Level(m) (m) (%) (%) 10
&No. Legend (m) Description 20 30 40 50
0.50

1.50

2.50

3.50

4.50 20
5.50

6.50

7.50
Black silty sand

8.50

9.50

10.50

11.50

12.50

13.50
14.00
14.50





15.50

 Black tuffy highly weathered sand


 16.00 1.37 69 68.50 stone with rough surface (course
16.50




 grained)
17.50




 18.00 0.62 31 31
18.50

 Brownish grey highly to extremely



19.50


fractured and highly weathered


 20.00 0.86 0 43 aggromeritic tuff
20.50 END OF BH
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAITIONS
Standard Penetration SPT-1: Standard Penetration Test and Number General Remarks
Test Ground Level(if any) is that encountered during
UDS-1:Undisturbed Sample and Number drilling
RUN-1:Core Sample and Number SIGNATURE Artesian:
Initial Ground Water Level RQD:Rock Quality Designation CLIENT:
SCR: Solid Rock Recovery CONSULTANT:
 ARTESIAN (K) LTD
BOREHOLE LOG Borehole No: 10
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA Start Date: 17-07-18
ROAD, KILIMANI AREA End Date: 17-07-18
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND Contract No. Logged by:Laban
Report Ref: Hammer weigth and Page: 1 of 1
drop
Initial water depth B.L 63.5kg/760mm(Auto)
Diameter of hole Depth: 16 m
Final water depth - Elevation:
Grid Coordinates N
Method: E
SAMPLES AND TESTS STRATA
Depth(m)& Sample Core runs SPT N Value
Reduced TRC RQD SCR
Type Depth Depth
Level(m) (m) (%) (%) 10
&No. Legend (m) Description 20 30 40 50
0.50

1.50
Black silty sand
2.00
2.50





Black course grained, moderately
3.50

 weathered, moderately fractured


 4.00 0.5 11 23 tuffy sand stone.
4.50





5.50




 6.00 0.6 31 30.5
6.50





7.50

 Brownish grey slightly to moderately


 8.00 0.6 0 32 weathered, slightly to moderately
8.50




 fractured agglomeritic tuff with semi
9.50

 vertical faults


 10.00 0.9 13 45
10.50





11.50




 12.00 0.87 33 43.50
12.50





13.50

 Grey slightly to moderate weathered,


 14.00 0.75 26 37.50 moderately to extremely fractured at
14.50




 15.1-16.0m aggromeritic tuff
15.50




 16.00 0.73 7 36.50
16.50 END OF BH
17.50

18.50

19.50

20.50

SYMBOLS AND ABBREVAITIONS

Standard Penetration SPT-1: Standard Penetration Test and Number General Remarks
Test Ground Level(if any) is that encountered during
UDS-1:Undisturbed Sample and Number drilling
RUN-1:Core Sample and Number SIGNATURE Artesian:
Initial Ground Water Level RQD:Rock Quality Designation CLIENT:
SCR: Solid Rock Recovery CONSULTANT:
Annex 2 Laboratory Test Data
 Allowable
BORE N-VALUES N'60 - BREATH B DEPTH D Bearing
DEPTH (m) D/B k
HOLE (No) VALUES (m) (m) capacity
(KN/m2)
BH 1 2.00 2.45 13 10.4 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 249
BH 1 4.00 4.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287
BH 1 6.00 6.45 18 14.4 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 345

BH 3 2.00 2.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287

BH 3 4.00 4.45 20 16.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 383
BH 3 6.00 6.45 16 12.8 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 306

BH 4 2.00 2.45 11 8.8 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 211

BH 4 4.00 4.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287
BH 4 6.00 6.45 17 13.6 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 326

BH 5 2.00 2.45 11 8.8 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 211

BH 5 4.00 4.45 13 10.4 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 249
BH 5 6.00 6.45 16 12.8 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 306

BH 6 4.00 4.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287

BH 7 4.00 4.45 17 13.6 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 326

BH 8 2.00 2.45 12 9.6 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 230

BH 8 4.00 4.45 15 12.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 287
BH 8 6.00 6.45 18 14.4 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 345
BH 8 14.00 14.10 50 40.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 958

BH 9 4.00 4.45 20 16.0 1.5 1.5 1 1.33 383

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UNAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TEST OF ROCK CORES

PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS IN KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA

CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND

LOCATION: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA

Weight Cross Corrected

Sampled Sample Diameter Length Weight in Volume Density Proving Ring Stress
BH No. in Air section Stress
Core Run Depth (m) (mm) (mm) Water (Kg) (m3) (Kg/m3) Reading (kN) (kN/m2)
(Kg) Area (m2) (kN/m2)

1 10.0-12.0 10.41-10.59 76 152 1.279 0.443 0.0045 0.00069 1,530 8.8 1,940 1,940
3 10.0-12.0 10.69-10.88 76 152 0.719 0.206 0.0045 0.00069 1,402 7.6 1,675 1,675
4 12.0-13.5 12.0-12.22 76 152 Broken down during sample preparations
5 14.0-15.5 14.0-14.22 76 152 1.414 0.363 0.0045 0.00069 1,345 21.3 4,695 4,695
6 16.0-18.0 16.14-16.27 76 130 1.491 0.812 0.0045 0.00059 2,196 12.0 2,645 2,590
7 14.0-16.0 14.27-14.51 76 152 1.867 1.005 0.0045 0.00069 2,166 27.9 6,150 6,150
8 18.0-20.0 18.39-18.69 76 152 1.561 0.781 0.0045 0.00069 2,001 56.9 12,543 12,543
9 14.0-16.0 14.0-14.16 76 152 Broken down during sample preparations
10 10.0-12.0 10.4-10.6 76 152 1.615 0.880 0.0045 0.00069 2,197 116.8 25,747 25,747
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 493 Depth 4.0-6.0 m Location: BH 1 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 100.0 60.0
5 0.5 99.8
% Passing

4 0.2 99.8 50.0

2 7.2 97.4
1 21.7 90.1 40.0
0.6 21.4 83.0
0.425 26.9 74.0
0.3 7.1 71.7 30.0
0.15 73.7 47.1
0.075 19.4 40.6 20.0
0.057 28 9 36.2
0.046 21.5 11.6 27.6 10.0
0.035 17 13.4 21.7
0.026 13.5 14.8 17.1
0.019 10.5 16 13.2 0.0
0.014 8 17 9.9 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 5.9
0.007 5 18.2 5.9 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 5.9 D10 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 5.9 D30 5.9 11.2 19.1 30.3 35.5 11.3 14.4 61.2 2.6 2.6
0.002 5 18.2 5.9 D60 Slightly clayey
very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 39.4 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 74
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 495 Depth 8.0-10.0 m Location: BH 1 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 1.0 99.7 60.0
5 2.0 99.0
% Passing

4 0.3 98.9 50.0

2 8.8 96.0
1 24.1 87.9 40.0
0.6 22.0 80.6
0.425 36.9 68.3
0.3 6.5 66.1 30.0
0.15 80.5 39.3
0.075 15.8 34.0 20.0
0.056 29 8.6 31.4
0.043 25 10.2 27.0 10.0
0.033 21 11.8 22.6
0.025 17 13.4 18.2
0.019 12.5 15.2 13.2 0.0
0.014 9 16.6 9.4 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 5.0
0.007 5 18.2 5.0 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 5.0 D10 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 5.0 D30 5.0 13.2 13.2 26.5 34.7 14.5 15.4 64.5 3.7 0.3 4.0
0.002 5 18.2 5.0 D60 very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 25.6 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 68.3
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 498 Depth 4.0-6.0 m Location: BH 3 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 3.0 99.0 60.0
5 2.5 98.2
% Passing

4 0.5 98.0 50.0

2 20.0 91.3
1 30.1 81.3 40.0
0.6 22.5 73.8
0.425 23.0 66.1
0.3 5.3 64.4 30.0
0.15 59.2 44.6
0.075 31.6 34.1 20.0
0.057 28.5 8.8 30.9
0.045 23 11 24.9 10.0
0.034 19.5 12.4 21.0
0.025 15.5 14 16.6
0.019 11.5 15.6 12.2 0.0
0.014 7.5 17.2 7.7 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 5.0
0.007 5 18.2 5.0 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 5.0 D10 0.070 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 5.0 D30 0.056 5.0 11.6 14.4 26.0 33.4 9.4 17.5 60.4 7.7 1.0 8.7
0.002 5 18.2 5.0 D60 0.270 very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 38.2 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 66.1
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 4 0.2 GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 500 Depth 8.0-10.0 m Location: BH 3 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 100.0 60.0
5 100.0
% Passing

4 100.0 50.0
2 7.4 97.5
1 17.8 91.6 40.0
0.6 18.2 85.5
0.425 23.3 77.8
0.3 5.0 76.1 30.0
0.15 62.5 55.3
0.075 10.5 51.8 20.0
0.057 28 9 46.1
0.046 22 11.4 36.1 10.0
0.035 17.5 13.2 28.5
0.026 13 15 21.0
0.019 10 16.2 15.9 0.0
0.015 7 17.4 10.9 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 7.5
0.007 5 18.2 7.5 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 7.5 D10 0.014 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 7.5 D30 0.038 7.5 13.4 25.2 38.6 30.0 9.4 12.0 51.4 2.5 2.5
0.002 5 18.2 7.5 D60 0.180 Slightly clayey
SILTY SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 32.6 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 77.8
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 13 0.6 ML/CL/MH/CH #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 503 Depth 4.0-6.0 m Location: BH 4 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 2.0 99.3
6.3 1.0 99.0 60.0
5 2.4 98.2
% Passing

4 1.4 97.7 50.0

2 19.0 91.4
1 29.0 81.7 40.0
0.6 21.5 74.6
0.425 22.0 67.2
0.3 4.3 65.8 30.0
0.15 57.5 46.6
0.075 30.5 36.5 20.0
0.059 27 9.4 31.3
0.045 23 11 26.6 10.0
0.034 19.5 12.4 22.4
0.026 14 14.6 16.0
0.019 10 16.2 11.2 0.0
0.015 6 17.8 6.5 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 5.3
0.007 5 18.2 5.3 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 5.3 D10 0.019 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 5.3 D30 0.055 5.3 10.6 15.4 26.0 34.5 8.8 16.8 60.1 7.6 1.0 8.6
0.002 5 18.2 5.3 D60 0.250 Slightly clayey
very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 41.7 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 67.2
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 13 0.6 GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
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P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 506 Depth 10.0-12.0 m Location: BH 4 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 1.8 99.4 60.0
5 1.9 98.8
% Passing

4 0.3 98.7 50.0

2 13.4 94.2
1 25.5 85.7 40.0
0.6 19.8 79.1
0.425 20.9 72.1
0.3 7.2 69.7 30.0
0.15 70.0 46.4
0.075 19.1 40.0 20.0
0.058 27.5 9.2 35.0
0.045 22.5 11.2 28.5 10.0
0.034 19 12.6 24.0
0.026 13.5 14.8 16.9
0.019 10 16.2 12.3 0.0
0.014 7.5 17.2 9.1 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 5.8
0.007 5 18.2 5.8 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 5.8 D10 0.016 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 5.8 D30 0.049 5.8 11.0 18.2 29.2 34.7 9.4 15.1 59.2 5.2 0.6 5.8
0.002 5 18.2 5.8 D60 0.220 Slightly clayey
very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 37.6 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 72.1
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 14 0.7 GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 509 Depth 4.0-6.0 m Location: BH 5 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 3.1 99.0
6.3 1.5 98.5 60.0
5 3.2 97.4
% Passing

4 0.4 97.3 50.0

2 10.8 93.7
1 23.2 85.9 40.0
0.6 19.7 79.4
0.425 21.1 72.3
0.3 7.1 70.0 30.0
0.15 62.0 49.3
0.075 17.3 43.5 20.0
0.058 27.5 9.2 38.1
0.045 22.5 11.2 31.0 10.0
0.035 17 13.4 23.3
0.027 12 15.4 16.2
0.020 8.5 16.8 11.3 0.0
0.015 6.5 17.6 8.5 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 6.3
0.007 5 18.2 6.3 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 6.3 D10 0.018 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 6.3 D30 0.043 6.3 9.9 21.9 31.7 31.9 9.4 14.3 55.6 4.8 1.5 6.3
0.002 5 18.2 6.3 D60 0.210 Slightly clayey
very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 23.6 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 72.3
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 12 0.5 GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 513 Depth 12.0-14.0 m Location: BH 5 Test Date: Monday, 06 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 2.0 99.3
6.3 2.2 98.6 60.0
5 0.8 98.3
% Passing

4 0.3 98.2 50.0

2 4.6 96.7
1 8.7 93.8 40.0
0.6 8.4 91.0
0.425 19.4 84.5
0.3 9.4 81.4 30.0
0.15 136.7 35.8
0.075 23.3 28.1 20.0
0.058 27.5 9.2 24.6
0.045 22.5 11.2 20.0 10.0
0.036 16 13.8 14.1
0.027 10.5 16 9.1
0.020 8 17 6.8 0.0
0.015 5 18.2 4.1 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 4.1
0.007 5 18.2 4.1 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 4.1 D10 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 4.1 D30 4.1 5.0 15.5 20.5 56.8 9.6 5.7 72.1 1.9 1.4 3.3
0.002 5 18.2 4.1 D60 very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 13.3 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 84.5
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) ML/CL/MH/CH #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
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Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com

Compaction Test
Project: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS

Location: BH 5 Date: Friday, 03 August, 2018

3
DEPTH: 4.0-6.0/8.0-12.0 Lab No: 513 Max Dry Density 1395 kg/m
T99 OMC 14 %

1.390 ZAV (0-%)

Dry Unit Weight (Kg/m3)

1.370

1.350

1.330

1.310

1.290
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Water Content (%)

Test No: N.M.C

Sample No: 1 2 3 4 5
Tin No: 24 46 13 15 Q 25
Wt. of Tin gm. 37.40 39.00 39.00 35.30 36.50 41.00
Wt. of Tin + Wet Soil gm. 91.10 95.00 95.70 105.83 107.30 98.12
Wt. of Tin + Dry Soil gm. 86.10 89.00 88.80 96.10 96.60 97.00
Wt. of Water gm. 5.00 6.00 6.90 9.73 10.70 1.12
Wt. of Dry Soil gm. 48.70 50.00 49.80 60.80 60.10 56.00
Water Content 10.3 12.0 13.9 16.0 17.8 2.0
Mold Height cm. 11.80 11.80 11.80 11.80 11.80
Mold Diameter cm. 10.40 10.40 10.40 10.40 10.40
Wt. of Mold gm. 1627 1627 1627 1627 1627
Wt. of Mold + Comp. Soil gm. 3063 3143 3218 3193 3160
Total Unit Weight Kg/m3 1.433 1.512 1.587 1.562 1.529
3
Dry Unit Weight Kg/m 1.299 1.350 1.394 1.347 1.298
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DIRECT SHEAR BOX

CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA

Depth of sample 4.0-12.0 mm Date Tested:

Sample Location: BH 5 Monday, 06 August, 2018
Sample Type: Disturbed LAB No.: 513

Specimen *Density Moisture Applied Vertical Shear Regression

Test Stage (Bulk/MDD) content Loads Stress Stress Line
3 2 2 2
kg/m % kg kg/cm kg/cm kg/cm
1 1395 14.0 36.7 1.02 0.50 0.5
2 1395 14.0 73.4 2.04 1.07 1.0
3 1395 14.0 109.5 3.04 1.49 1.5

Phi (Φ):- 26 degrees Cohesion Intercept (C):- 2 kPa

Quick Undrained Shear Box Test:Shear stress aganist Normal stress

1.60

1.40

1.20
Shear Stress kPa

1.00

0.80 Test Data

0.60
Regression

0.40

0.20

0.00
0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50

Normal Stress kPa

Tested in according to BS 1377:1990

*Sample Density used: Bulk if sample type is Undisturbed otherwise MDD if Disturbed

Table 2
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 515 Depth 4.0-8.0 m Location: BH 6 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 0.2 99.9 60.0
5 1.0 99.6
% Passing

4 0.3 99.5 50.0

2 8.6 96.6
1 22.6 89.1 40.0
0.6 19.1 82.7
0.425 20.6 75.9
0.3 7.4 73.4 30.0
0.15 59.2 53.7
0.075 25.7 45.1 20.0
0.057 28 9 40.2
0.044 23.5 10.8 33.6 10.0
0.034 19.5 12.4 27.8
0.026 15 14.2 21.2
0.019 10.5 16 14.6 0.0
0.014 8.5 16.8 11.7 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 6.6
0.007 5 18.2 6.6 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 6.6 D10 0.013 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 6.6 D30 0.039 6.6 14.6 19.0 33.6 33.2 9.3 13.9 56.4 3.3 0.1 3.4
0.002 5 18.2 6.6 D60 0.190 Slightly clayey
very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 35.2 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 75.9
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 15 0.6 ML/CL/MH/CH #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 516 Depth 8.0-12.0 m Location: BH 6 Test Date: Monday, 06 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 0.9 99.7 60.0
5 1.6 99.2
% Passing

4 0.3 99.1 50.0

2 10.2 95.7
1 24.9 87.4 40.0
0.6 21.9 80.1
0.425 24.9 71.8
0.3 7.0 69.4 30.0
0.15 69.4 46.3
0.075 25.0 38.0 20.0
0.059 27 9.4 32.6
0.044 24 10.6 28.9 10.0
0.033 20 12.2 24.0
0.025 15.5 14 18.5
0.019 10.5 16 12.3 0.0
0.014 7.5 17.2 8.6 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 5.5
0.007 5 18.2 5.5 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 5.5 D10 0.017 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 5.5 D30 0.048 5.5 12.9 14.1 27.1 36.8 10.6 15.6 63.1 4.0 0.3 4.3
0.002 5 18.2 5.5 D60 0.220 Slightly clayey
very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 24.7 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 71.8
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 13 0.6 GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 518 Depth 4.0-8.0 m Location: BH 7 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 1.0 99.7 60.0
5 2.2 98.9
% Passing

4 0.2 98.9 50.0

2 14.1 94.2
1 25.0 85.8 40.0
0.6 20.5 79.0
0.425 42.8 64.7
0.3 8.6 61.9 30.0
0.15 82.4 34.4
0.075 15.2 29.3 20.0
0.057 28 9 26.1
0.045 22.5 11.2 20.9 10.0
0.034 18.5 12.8 17.1
0.026 14.5 14.4 13.3
0.019 10 16.2 9.0 0.0
0.015 7 17.4 6.2 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 4.3
0.007 5 18.2 4.3 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 4.3 D10 0.020 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 4.3 D30 0.085 4.3 9.0 12.8 21.9 35.7 17.1 15.2 68.0 5.5 0.3 5.8
0.002 5 18.2 4.3 D60 0.290 very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 37.7 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 64.7
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 15 1.2 GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 519 Depth 8.0-12.0 m Location: BH 7 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 1.1 99.6 60.0
5 2.7 98.7
% Passing

4 0.5 98.6 50.0

2 14.8 93.6
1 27.3 84.5 40.0
0.6 22.9 76.9
0.425 25.0 68.6
0.3 8.4 65.8 30.0
0.15 72.3 41.7
0.075 18.5 35.5 20.0
0.056 29 8.6 32.8
0.045 22.5 11.2 25.3 10.0
0.034 19.5 12.4 21.9
0.026 14 14.6 15.5
0.020 9 16.6 9.8 0.0
0.015 5 18.2 5.2 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 5.2
0.007 5 18.2 5.2 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 5.2 D10 0.020 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 5.2 D30 0.051 5.2 10.4 17.3 27.6 33.0 11.1 16.7 60.9 6.0 0.4 6.4
0.002 5 18.2 5.2 D60 0.250 Slightly clayey
very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 27.3 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 68.6
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 13 0.5 GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 522 Depth 4.0-6.0 m Location: BH 8 Test Date: Monday, 06 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 3.9 98.7
6.3 3.2 97.6 60.0
5 1.9 97.0
% Passing

4 0.2 96.9 50.0

2 10.4 93.5
1 22.7 85.9 40.0
0.6 17.8 80.0
0.425 18.2 73.9
0.3 6.6 71.7 30.0
0.15 42.7 57.5
0.075 20.7 50.6 20.0
0.058 27.5 9.2 44.2
0.046 22 11.4 35.2 10.0
0.036 16 13.8 25.4
0.027 11 15.8 17.2
0.020 7.5 17.2 11.5 0.0
0.015 5 18.2 7.4 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 7.4
0.007 5 18.2 7.4 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 7.4 D10 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 7.4 D30 7.4 9.8 27.0 36.9 27.5 8.3 13.5 49.2 4.2 2.4 6.5
0.002 5 18.2 7.4 D60 Slightly clayey
SILTY very sandy
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 37.9 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 73.9
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: SILTY SAND of non plastic (black in colour) GM/GC/SM/SC #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 526 Depth 12.0-14.0 m Location: BH 8 Test Date: Tuesday, 07 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 0.1 100.0 60.0
5 1.0 99.6
% Passing

4 0.3 99.5 50.0

2 10.2 96.1
1 24.1 88.1 40.0
0.6 18.4 82.0
0.425 20.2 75.2
0.3 7.3 72.8 30.0
0.15 65.7 50.9
0.075 8.5 48.1 20.0
0.057 28 9 42.8
0.046 22 11.4 33.5 10.0
0.035 16.5 13.6 24.9
0.027 11.5 15.6 17.1
0.020 8.5 16.8 12.5 0.0
0.015 5 18.2 7.0 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 7.0
0.007 5 18.2 7.0 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 7.0 D10 0.018 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 7.0 D30 0.040 7.0 10.1 25.7 35.8 30.0 9.2 14.2 53.3 3.8 0.0 3.9
0.002 5 18.2 7.0 D60 0.200 Slightly clayey
SILTY SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 31.7 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 75.2
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: SILTY SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 11 0.4 ML/CL/MH/CH #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
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Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com

Compaction Test
Project: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS

Location: BH 8 Date: Friday, 03 August, 2018

3
DEPTH: 4.0-6.0/8.0-12.0 Lab No: 526 Max Dry Density 1405 kg/m
T99 OMC 14.2 %
1.410

ZAV (0-%)
1.390
Dry Unit Weight (Kg/m3)

1.370

1.350

1.330

1.310

1.290
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Water Content (%)

Test No: N.M.C

Sample No: 1 2 3 4 5
Tin No: 39 4 20 44 3 37
Wt. of Tin gm. 39.50 15.20 31.00 37.10 15.20 37.80
Wt. of Tin + Wet Soil gm. 99.78 93.94 104.60 103.57 96.38 97.12
Wt. of Tin + Dry Soil gm. 94.30 85.50 95.60 94.40 84.00 96.30
Wt. of Water gm. 5.48 8.44 9.00 9.17 12.38 0.82
Wt. of Dry Soil gm. 54.80 70.30 64.60 57.30 68.80 58.50
Water Content 10.0 12.0 13.9 16.0 18.0 1.4
Mold Height cm. 11.80 11.80 11.80 11.80 11.80
Mold Diameter cm. 10.40 10.40 10.40 10.40 10.40
Wt. of Mold gm. 1627 1627 1627 1627 1627
Wt. of Mold + Comp. Soil gm. 3053 3151 3230 3217 3160
Total Unit Weight Kg/m3 1.423 1.520 1.599 1.586 1.529
3
Dry Unit Weight Kg/m 1.293 1.357 1.404 1.367 1.296
 Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
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DIRECT SHEAR BOX

CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA

Depth of sample 4.0-12.0 mm Date Tested:

Sample Location: BH 8 Monday, 06 August, 2018
Sample Type: Disturbed LAB No.: 526

Specimen *Density Moisture Applied Vertical Shear Regression

Test Stage (Bulk/MDD) content Loads Stress Stress Line
3 2 2 2
kg/m % kg kg/cm kg/cm kg/cm
1 1403 14.2 36.7 1.02 0.51 0.5
2 1403 14.2 73.4 2.04 1.11 1.1
3 1403 14.2 109.5 3.04 1.53 1.6

Phi (Φ):- 27 degrees Cohesion Intercept (C):- 2 kPa

Quick Undrained Shear Box Test:Shear stress aganist Normal stress

1.80

1.60

1.40

1.20
Shear Stress kPa

1.00
Test Data
0.80

0.60 Regression

0.40

0.20

0.00
0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50

Normal Stress kPa

Tested in according to BS 1377:1990

*Sample Density used: Bulk if sample type is Undisturbed otherwise MDD if Disturbed

Table 2
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
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P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 528 Depth 4.0-8.0 m Location: BH 9 Test Date: Friday, 03 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 0.6 99.8
6.3 0.7 99.6 60.0
5 1.4 99.1
% Passing

4 0.3 99.0 50.0

2 5.2 97.3
1 10.7 93.7 40.0
0.6 21.0 86.7
0.425 11.7 82.8
0.3 4.0 81.5 30.0
0.15 36.2 69.4
0.075 14.3 64.6 20.0
0.056 29 8.6 59.7
0.044 24.5 10.4 50.3 10.0
0.032 22 11.4 45.0
0.025 17 13.4 34.6
0.019 11.5 15.6 23.0 0.0
0.014 7.5 17.2 14.7 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 9.4
0.007 5 18.2 9.4 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 9.4 D10 0.011 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 9.4 D30 0.022 9.4 25.1 25.1 50.3 21.8 5.2 10.6 37.6 2.3 0.4 2.7
0.002 5 18.2 9.4 D60 0.058 Slightly clayey
SILTY very sandy
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 36.4 1.5 ACTIVE CLAY
PENETRATION 16 18 20 22 38 38 14.0 LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % 48 50 52 54 38 FROM LAB. 6.42
60 CALCULATED 6.55 with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
82.8
80
50
70 CE
40 60
Moisture Content (%)

50 CV
30
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
CH MV
20 30
20
CI
10 MH
10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL MH CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: Sandy SILT of low plastic (black in colour) 5 0.8 ML/CL/MH/CH MH

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 LABORATORY SOIL CLASSIFICATION TEST
Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
P.O. Box 26379- 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: + 254 -732743970, + 254-710251028,
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vabelaconsult.com
CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA
Sample No 529 Depth 8.0-12.0 m Location: BH 9 Test Date: Monday, 06 August, 2018

Grading+ Hydrometer PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Wt. of Dry Sample 300 g
Retained
% Passing

mass(g) & PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Sieve

100.0
Hydrometer
75 100.0 90.0
63 100.0
37.5 100.0 80.0
28 100.0
20 100.0 70.0
14 100.0
10 100.0
6.3 0.7 99.8 60.0
5 0.8 99.5
% Passing

4 0.1 99.5 50.0

2 3.6 98.3
1 15.6 93.1 40.0
0.6 17.6 87.2
0.425 20.4 80.4
0.3 7.0 78.1 30.0
0.15 68.9 55.1
0.075 24.1 47.1 20.0
0.058 27.5 9.2 41.2
0.046 21.5 11.6 32.0 10.0
0.036 16 13.8 23.6
0.027 12 15.4 17.5
0.020 8.5 16.8 12.2 0.0
0.015 6 17.8 8.4 0.001 0.01 0.1
Particle Size mm
1 10 100
0.011 5 18.2 6.9
0.007 5 18.2 6.9 % CLAY % SILT % SAND % GRAVEL BOULDERS
0.005 5 18.2 6.9 D10 0.018 Total Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Fine MediumCoarseTotal Total
0.004 5 18.2 6.9 D30 0.044 6.9 10.7 23.6 34.3 36.9 9.1 11.1 57.1 1.5 0.2 1.7
0.002 5 18.2 6.9 D60 0.180 Slightly clayey
very silty SAND
RH HR

ATTERBERG LIMITS NMC CLAY ACTIVITY (%)

LL PL PI 43 #### #VALUE!
PENETRATION LINEAR SHRINKAGE
M. C % NON PLASTIC FROM LAB.
1 CALCULATED 80.4
with % passing 0.425 sieve of:-
0.9 80
0.8 70 CE
0.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60
Moisture Content (%)

0.6 #VALUE! CV
50
0.5
Plasticity Index(PI)%

40 CE
0.4 CH MV
0.3 30
20
CI
0.2 MH
0.1 10 CL MI
SC CL+ML ML
0 0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Penetration (mm) Liquid Limits (LL) %

USCS DIDACTIONS

KEY TO LABORATORY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

SW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1 GW D60 Greater than D302 Between 1
CU= CC= CU= CC=
D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3 D10 4 D10 xD60 and 3

SP Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW GP Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW
Atterberg limits below "A" Limits plotting in shaded zone Atterberg limits below "A" Above "A" Line with P.I.
SM GM
Line or P.I. Less than 4 with P.I. Between 4 and 7 are Line or P.I. Less than 4 Between 4 and 7 are
SC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring use GC Atterberg limits above "A" borderline cases requiring
Line or P.I. greater than 7 of dual symbols. Line or P.I. greater than 7 use of dual symbols.

USCS CLASSIFIED SOIL SM CU CC USCS POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION

DESCRIPTION: silty SAND of non plastic (black in colour) 10 0.6 ML/CL/MH/CH #VALUE!

KEY
CC= Coefficient of Curvature CU= Coefficient of Uniformity MC= Moisture content PL= Plastic Limit LL= Liquid Limit
NMC = Natural Moisture Content PI= Plastic Index
 Vabela Geoconsult and Services Ltd
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Compaction Test
Project: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS

Location: BH 9 Date: Friday, 03 August, 2018

3
DEPTH: 4.0-6.0/8.0-14.0 Lab No: 529 Max Dry Density 1333 kg/m
T99 OMC 20.3 %

1.330 ZAV (0-%)

Dry Unit Weight (Kg/m3)

1.310

1.290

1.270

1.250

1.230
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Water Content (%)

Test No: N.M.C

Sample No: 1 2 3 4 5
Tin No: 18 33 C K 27 B
Wt. of Tin gm. 34.40 36.80 36.10 36.00 38.90 36.20
Wt. of Tin + Wet Soil gm. 91.94 86.01 89.14 102.49 102.88 88.26
Wt. of Tin + Dry Soil gm. 84.00 78.50 80.30 90.50 90.50 84.40
Wt. of Water gm. 7.94 7.51 8.84 11.99 12.38 3.86
Wt. of Dry Soil gm. 49.60 41.70 44.20 54.50 51.60 48.20
Water Content 16.0 18.0 20.0 22.0 24.0 8.0
Mold Height cm. 11.80 11.80 11.80 11.80 11.80
Mold Diameter cm. 10.40 10.40 10.40 10.40 10.40
Wt. of Mold gm. 1627 1627 1627 1627 1627
Wt. of Mold + Comp. Soil gm. 3072 3172 3230 3231 3167
Total Unit Weight Kg/m3 1.442 1.541 1.599 1.600 1.536
3
Dry Unit Weight Kg/m 1.243 1.306 1.333 1.312 1.239
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DIRECT SHEAR BOX

CLIENT: KENYA POWER PENSION FUND
PROJECT: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 3NOs 24 TOWER BUILDINGS
SITE: KIRICHWA ROAD, KILIMANI AREA

Depth of sample 4.0-14.0 mm Date Tested:

Sample Location: BH 9 Monday, 06 August, 2018
Sample Type: Disturbed LAB No.: 529

Specimen *Density Moisture Applied Vertical Shear Regression

Test Stage (Bulk/MDD) content Loads Stress Stress Line
3 2 2 2
kg/m % kg kg/cm kg/cm kg/cm
1 1333 20.3 36.7 1.02 0.51 0.5
2 1333 20.3 73.4 2.04 1.08 1.0
3 1333 20.3 109.5 3.04 1.50 1.5

Phi (Φ):- 26 degrees Cohesion Intercept (C):- 3 kPa

Quick Undrained Shear Box Test:Shear stress aganist Normal stress

1.80

1.60

1.40

1.20
Shear Stress kPa

1.00
Test Data
0.80

0.60 Regression

0.40

0.20

0.00
0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50

Normal Stress kPa

Tested in according to BS 1377:1990

*Sample Density used: Bulk if sample type is Undisturbed otherwise MDD if Disturbed

Table 2