Type of Submission
Poster
Keywords
Single-family dwelling, Karst, Atterberg limits testing, Residential survey
Proposal
In 2016, Ohioan property owners decided to sell their 10.81-acre parcel, located in Bullitt County, Ky. Though the property was desirable from the standpoint of location and aesthetics, potential buyers were concerned about the large number of sinkholes found on the property. A Cedarville University geology senior-project was formulated to determine whether the property had restrictive geotechnical conditions that limited it for residential purposes (specifically for a single-family dwelling). There were three major components to the project: 1) exploration (both desktop and field study) of the geologic/karstic/soil nature of the property, 2) geotechnical assessment (specifically Atterberg limits testing) of soil samples obtained from the property, and 3) results from a residential survey questionnaire sent out to surrounding property owners. Based on the findings from this study, it was determined that the karstic condition and character of the soils were limiting factors for many types of construction, but they did not necessarily preclude the construction of a single-family dwelling.
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Geotechnical Considerations for Constructing a Single-family Dwelling on a Particular Parcel in Bullitt County, KY
In 2016, Ohioan property owners decided to sell their 10.81-acre parcel, located in Bullitt County, Ky. Though the property was desirable from the standpoint of location and aesthetics, potential buyers were concerned about the large number of sinkholes found on the property. A Cedarville University geology senior-project was formulated to determine whether the property had restrictive geotechnical conditions that limited it for residential purposes (specifically for a single-family dwelling). There were three major components to the project: 1) exploration (both desktop and field study) of the geologic/karstic/soil nature of the property, 2) geotechnical assessment (specifically Atterberg limits testing) of soil samples obtained from the property, and 3) results from a residential survey questionnaire sent out to surrounding property owners. Based on the findings from this study, it was determined that the karstic condition and character of the soils were limiting factors for many types of construction, but they did not necessarily preclude the construction of a single-family dwelling.
