Description:
The Geotechnical Design Manual focuses on geotechnical design, construction, and maintenance to ensure that the soil or rock beneath the ground surface can support the loads and conditions placed on it by transportation facilities.
Individual Chapters
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Date Originally Published:
December, 2006
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Publication Number:
M 46-03
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Last Modified:
November, 2008
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Version:
M 46-03.01
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Manual Manager:
Tony Allen
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Originators:
Materials Laboratory, Engineering and Regional Operations
- # of Pages: 742
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- Keywords: Geotechnical Design Manual, Washington State Department of Transportation Geotechnical Design Manual, WSDOT Geotechnical Design Manual
- Related Publications:
Geotechnical Design Manual Individual Chapters
Contents (pdf 843 KB)
Chapter 1 Geotechnical Operations and Administration (pdf 795 KB)
Chapter 2 Project Geotechnical Planning (pdf 448 KB)
Chapter 3 Field Investigation (pdf 855 KB)
Chapter 4 Soil and Rock Classification and Logging (pdf 838 KB)
Chapter 5 Engineering Properties of Soil and Rock (pdf 976 KB)
Chapter 6 Seismic Design (pdf 3.1 MB)
Chapter 7 Slope Stability Analysis (pdf 338 KB)
Chapter 8 Foundation Design (pdf 1.5 MB)
Chapter 9 Enbankments (pdf 1.6 MB)
Chapter 10 Soil Cut Design (pdf 1 MB)
Chapter 11 Gound Improvement (pdf 310 KB)
Chapter 12 Rock Cut Design (pdf 184 KB)
Chapter 13 Landslide Analysis and Mitigation (pdf 243 KB)
Chapter 14 Unstable Rockslope Analysis and Mitigation (pdf 242 KB)
Chapter 15 Abutments, Retaining Walls, and Reinforced Slopes
(pdf 2.5 MB)
Preapproved Wall Appendix (pdf 35 MB)
Chapter 16 Geosynthetic Design (pdf 246 KB)
Chapter 17 Foundation Design for Signals, Signs, Noise Barriers
Culverts, and Buildings (pdf 752 KB)
Chapter 18 Geotechnical Design for Marine Structure Foundations
(pdf 224 KB)
Chapter 19 Infiltration Facility Design (pdf 295 KB)
Chapter 20 Unstable Slope Management (pdf 236 KB)
Chapter 21 Materials Source Investigation and Report (pdf 286 JB)
Chapter 22 Geotechnical Baseline Reports Produced for Design-Build
Projects (pdf 322 KB)
Chapter 23 Geotechnical Reporting and Documentation (pdf 1.1 MB)
This abstract was last modified April 29, 2009