After completion of the course, participants will be able to meet these learning
objectives:
Explain the processes involved in the formation of soil.
Identify the constituents of which soil is composed.
Relate how the various soil horizons come into being.
Discuss how the primary soil types are identified.
Summarize the value of researching the past uses of a proposed building
site.
Recognize various field tests which can be conducted to analyze soil.
Summarize laboratory tests which are conducted to analyze properties of
soil.
Determine how soil stabilization can be accomplished.
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