Crossword Carry out hand excavation 2022.2

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Across
  1. 2. The type of site where the foundation is clay soil which swells on wetting and shrinks on drying
  2. 3. (3 words) The amount of load that the soil can support, expressed in the number of mega-pascals (MPa) per square metre
  3. 6. The process of retaining the sides of the trench to prevent potential collapse
  4. 10. The soil or ground that supports the building structure, categorised by how reactive it is to increases or decreases in moisture
  5. 11. (2 words) A concrete footing used to support a pier or stump
  6. 12. A structural member that is driven, screwed, jacked, vibrated, drilled or installed in the ground, so that it transfers the loads to the underlying foundation and providing a footing for a structure
Down
  1. 1. (3 words) At the end of the construction and landscaping, this is the name of the ground level next to the footing system
  2. 4. (2 words) A rectangular footing of section that is within a trench in the ground and is usually continuous in length
  3. 5. (4 words) Call this number to identify and existing underground services
  4. 7. The lowest part of the building, usually constructed from concrete and steel reinforcement
  5. 8. An element supported on a footing, used for the support of a frame construction
  6. 9. (2 words) A cast-in-place concrete pier that is drilled with a boring machine and then filled with bulk concrete