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1 Appendix D : Test pit logs

2 EXCAVATION No: TP Hole Location: East Entrance.7 m Organic SILT, with minor rootlets; dark brown. Firm, moist, non-plastic. 0.m: Silty CLAY; light brown, grey mottled orange. Very stiff, moist, 6/7kPa.0 80/75kPa.0 44/6kPa 6/75kPa.5.4m: Silty CLAY; light bluish grey. Soft, moist, high plasticity /7kPa.0 END OF AT.0m. Target depth reached. (No groundwater encountered in pit.) TP Log Scale : EXCAVLOG TP.GPJ -Oct /0kPa EXCAV FINISHED: //4 (m) mn 7757 me PROJECT: 7 Hunua Road, Papakura SHEET OF

3 EXCAVATION No: TP Hole Location: Stormwater Pond (West) Organic SILT, with minor rootlets; dark brown. Firm, moist, non-plastic. 0.m: Clayey SILT, with some gravels and sand (pumiceous); light grey mottled orange. Firm, moist, 8/66kPa FILL 5/45kPa.0 0.7m: Medium to coarse SAND, with some gravels and cobbles; grey speckled white. Loose, moist; sand, pumiceous?; gravels and cobbles, rounded and angular greywacke. - some organics (mulch and topsoil?). - organic smell..5.6m: Clayey SILT, with some gravels and sand; light grey mottled orange. /75kPa.0 END OF AT.0m. Target depth reached. (No groundwater encountered in test pit.).5 TP Log Scale : EXCAVLOG TP.GPJ -Oct-04 (m) EXCAV FINISHED: // mn 7749 me PROJECT: 7 Hunua Road, Papakura SHEET OF

4 EXCAVATION No: TP Hole Location: Stormwater Pond (East) 8/57kPa Organic SILT, with rootlets (up to mm); dark brown. Firm, moist, non-plastic. 0.m: Clayey SILT; orange brown. Stiff, moist, 65/9kPa 0.8m: Silty CLAY; light grey mottled orange. Very stiff, moist, 95/8kPa.0 >kpa >kpa.5 8/87kPa.0 END OF AT.0m. Target depth reached. (No groundwater encountered in pit.).5 TP Log Scale : EXCAVLOG TP.GPJ -Oct-04 (m) EXCAV FINISHED: // mn 779 me PROJECT: 7 Hunua Road, Papakura SHEET OF

5 EXCAVATION No: TP Hole Location: East Entrance 4.06 m 60/kPa 5/75kPa.5 4/75kPa.0.0 0/60kPa 7/90kPa.5.5 UTP END OF AT m..5 TP Log Scale : EXCAVLOG TP.GPJ -Oct-04 Organic SILT, with minor rootlets; dark brown. Firm, moist, non-plastic. 0.m: Clayey SILT; orange brown. Stiff, moist, 0.m: Silty CLAY; light grey mottled orange. Very stiff, moist, 4.0 EXCAV FINISHED: //4 (m) mn 7758 me PROJECT: 7 Hunua Road, Papakura SHEET OF

6 EXCAVATION No: TP Hole Location: Gas Bottle Storage Area Organic SILT, with sand, gravels and cobbles; dark brown. Loose, moist; gravels and cobbles, rounded greywacke. 0.4m: Clayey SILT; light grey mottled orange. Very stiff, moist, UTP 9/66kPa 0/0kPa.0 95/kPa 74/99kPa.5 /78kPa.0 END OF AT.0m. Target depth reached..5 TP Log Scale : EXCAVLOG TP.GPJ -Oct-04 (m) EXCAV FINISHED: // mn 774 me PROJECT: 7 Hunua Road, Papakura SHEET OF

7 EXCAVATION No: TP4 Hole Location: Old Building Site/Proposed Gas Bottle Storage Area SHEET OF.67 m Organic SILT, with rootlets; dark brown. Stiff, moist, 0.m: Clayey SILT; orange brown. Stiff, moist, /4kPa.0 5/75kPa.0 >kpa 0.7m: Silty SAND, with some clay; brown grey (pumiceous). Loose, moist to wet. 0.8m: Silty CLAY; light grey mottled orange. Very stiff, moist,.5 9/7kPa /5kPa.0 END OF AT.0m TP4 Log Scale : EXCAVLOG TP.GPJ -Oct /kPa EXCAV FINISHED: //4 (m) mn 7769 me PROJECT: 7 Hunua Road, Papakura

8 EXCAVATION No: TP5 Hole Location: Gas Bottle Storage Area/Old Building Site.66 m 0/6kPa Organic SILT, with rootlets; dark brown. Stiff, moist, 0.m: Clayey SILT; orange brown. Stiff, moist, (Power cable at 0.m - cable not live.) 7/0kPa 0.6m: Silty CLAY; light grey mottled orange. Very stiff, moist,.0 9/7kPa.0 07/5kPa.5 68/96kPa /5kPa.0 END OF AT.0m TP5 Log Scale : EXCAVLOG TP.GPJ -Oct-04.5 EXCAV FINISHED: //4 (m) mn 7766 me PROJECT: 7 Hunua Road, Papakura SHEET OF

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