MAKERERE UNIVERSITY P.O. BOX 706, Kampala, Uganda COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DESIGN, ART AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Highways/Materials Laboratory SOILS INVESTIGATION REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF GREEN FIELD SWITCHING STATION IN MATUGGA, WAKISO DISTRICT FINAL REPORT BAMZEE ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD DECEMBER - 2023 05 DEC 2123Document Details Title: ‘Sol Investigation Repor for the Proposed Construction of Green Field Switching Station in Matugga, Wakiso District ‘Site Address: Plot. Block ...., Malugga, Wakiso District Report Prepared for: | Samzee Engineering Company Lid Document Status and Review Taboratory Technician:| Muligi Muni [Civ Technician Prepared By: Namakula Fidaya [Civiliaterale Engineer (MSc. Civil Engineer) ‘Approved Eng. Dr. Umaru Bagampadde |Staffin charge of (Genior Highways Engineer) | Highways/Materials Lab HERE UNIVERS, 05 DEC a CaS '015-11202025 | GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT PageilExecutive Summary ‘This report was prepared by he technician and i's an output from the investigation that was, carted out on Tuesday, 28 November 2023 for the Proposed Construction of Green Field ‘Switching Statin in Matugga, Wakiso Distict and it outines a brief overview of the {geotechnical engineering evaluation forthe project, ‘The following evaluations and recommendations are based on our observations atthe site, interpretation of the field and laboratory data obtained during this exploration and our ‘experience with sirilar subsurface conditions and projects. “The ground concitions of this area were assessed by carrying out DCF Test to a depth of 2.0m commencing from the ground surface to ascertain the foundation physical and strength properties, ‘The subsurface exploration program consisted of two (02) test pits (designated as TP 01 and. P02), Site subsurface conditions generally consisted of Reddish-brown coarse-grained sols at the Upper side ofthe site and Brownish Clayey sand material on the lower sie ofthe soil Visual inspection was done at site and there was Ground water at the kwer sie ofthe site within the excavated pt at a depth of 1.0m. “The in-situ DCP test revealed thatthe alowable bearing capacities ofthe solange from 40.7, kPa to 528.4 KPa, ‘The undistubed samples obtained were tested to obtain allowable beating pressure of the ‘sol It should be noted thatthe Angle of intemal Friction range from 21.8" to 244° “The structural Engineer should design a foundation to suit the estimated allowable bearing ‘capacity obtained here in this report and determine a suitable foundation depth for the structure '015-11202023 | GEOTECHNICALINVESTICATION REPORT Page tllResponsibility and Intlloctual Property Rights It should be noted that this report is not Intended for and should not be used in taking {ecisions for any other site other than the one actually investigated anc reported herein. In fact, the author assumes no responsibilty whatsoever if the report is used in taking decisions for any other ste, The legal and beneficial ownership of all ntellectual Property Prepared or developed by or on behalf of the author in connection with this project, ‘contractassignment shall remain vested in the author. The author hereby grants the cient an lirevocable, royalty, fe, non-exclusive license to use all rights, titles and interest in any stich Intellectual Property in connection wit this project contractassignment, provided thatthe author shall have no liability for any use ofthe Intellectual Property other than for the purposes for which it was originally intended. The author agrees thatthe client may Issue a sub-license to other stakeholders upon similar terms. = '015-11202023 | GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page itil‘TABLE OF CONTENTS Document Details i Document Status and Review i Sienatue, \ Executive Summary. a Responsibility and intallectual Property Rights ii List of Tabs. v isto Figures. v 1.0. introduction —— é —) 1A, Project Background. 1 12. Main Objective 4 1.3. Specie Objectives. : 4 14. Project Scope. Z 1 2.0. Site Description onnenn 2 2.1. Site topography : 2 22. Site location 2 3 2.3, Cimate Projection 2 3 24, Site Geology. 4 2.5. Ground Type for the Defriton for Seismic Acton 5 {3.0.Fiold Exploratory and Laboratory Testing, 7 3.1 Field Exploratory 7 3.1.1, Thal pt Excavation and Logging 7 3.4.2, Dynamic cone penetrometer Test (DCP) 8 3.4.3. Ground Water Table 8 '015-11202023 | GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page ivi3.2. Evaluation of bearing Capacity using DCP Results 32. Laboratory Work. 3.21, Classification tests 3.2.1.1. Sieve Analysis 3.2.1.2. Liquid Limit (LU. 3.2.1.3. Plastic Lim (PL) 3.2.1.4 Pasi Index 3.2.1.5 Natural Moisture Content. 3.2.1.6. Stength test 4.0. Laboratory Test Results 4.1, Gradation results (Sieve Analysis). 42 Alterberg Limit Results 4.3. Classification of the sols according to USCS. 44, Shear Box Test Results 4.5. Chemical Tests and Results ‘5.0. Conclusion and Recommendations. 5.1, Conclusion. 5.2, Recommendation 10 " " " " " '5015-11202023 | GEOTECHICALINVESTIGATION REPORT Page v|List of Tabi ‘Table 3-1: Summary of Field Activites per Trial pit. ‘Table 3-2: Summary of Bearing Capacities from 0.0m to 2.0m, ‘Table 3-3: Summary of Bearing Capacities from 1.5m to 2.5m, ‘Table 3-2; Tests conducted and ther responding test standard ‘Table 4-1: Geotechnical Design Parameters from Shear Box. ‘Table 4-2: Chemical test results List of Figures Figure 2-1: View ofthe Investigated site Figure 2-2: Site Location (Source: Google Earth) Figure 2.3: Wakiso Climate Graph’ Weather by Month Figure 2-4 Modified Geological Map of Uganda. Figure 2-5: Map of Uganda showing Seismic zoning Figure 3-1: Trial Pit Excavations using hand tools. Figure 32: Dep Tests at surface and within the Pts respectively Figure 4-1: Paticle Size Distribution Curves for TP Ot & TP 02 Figure 4-2: The plasticty Chart for the Trial Pits 10 10 14 14‘Acronyms and Abbreviations asTu ‘American Standard for Testing and Materials Bs British Standard cH Clays of High Plastity a Clays of Intermediate Pastcty ca Clays of Low Platt pop Dynamic Cone Penetration Test sc Clayey Gravels om Silty Graves uw Liquid Lit us Linear Strinkage Mowr Ministy of Werks and Transport Pl Plastty Index PL Plastic Lit an ‘Allowable Bearing Capacity sc Clayey Sands sm Silty Sands . Test Pt Pr “Test Point from surface uscs Unified Soll Classification System — '5013-09062023 | GEOTECHNICALINVESTIGATION REPORT Page vil10. Introduction 1.4. Project Background (On Tuesday, 28th November 2023, and at the request of Bamzee Construction Company Ld, the team conducted geotechnical investigations for the Proposed Construction of Green Field Switching Station in Matugga, Wakiso District. The feld work was followed by geotechnical laboratory testing ofthe sampled materials and reporting ofthe investigation results. This report provides the relevant geotechnical information forthe Proposed Station. ‘The investigation was carried out in accordance with BS 5930: 2015 and other relevant standafds as cited in the remaining parts of the report. This report considers the Client particular instructions and requirements and so it should not be used for purposes other than the design ofthe above Proposed Station, ‘There was no subsurface exploration information avaled and therefore it was assumed ‘that this report entals the first ever investigation executed on the proposed ste, 41.2. Main Objective ‘To determine the stratigraphic characteristics of the site based on field and laboratory tests, 4.3. Specific Objectives 1} Toascertain the sub-surtace soil profiles ofthe site. 11) To determine the ground water tables, ii) To classy the subsurface soils and estimate geotechnical sol desien parameters. 1.4, Project Scope “The scope of investigations comprised ofthe following: 8) Excavation and logging of three (02) tial pts to @ maximum depth of 2.0m below ‘ground surface level, ') Conducting the Dynamic Cone Penetration (OCP) tet starting from 0.0m to 2.0m ‘below the existing ground. ©) Accessing ground water condition. 4) Collection of representative disturbed and undisturbed samples for laboratory testing ©) Compilation of results and report writing. Neen enn EE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET EEE '015-11282023 | GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page 111720. Site Description 24. Site topography ‘The topography of the site was generally described as gently rong which slopes from ‘South ~ East towards North — Easter direction as portrayed in Figure 2-1, The site was found without any existing structure. The power line was passing on either ends of East ‘and westem direction. Figure 2-1: View of the investigated site '015-11202023 | GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page 211722. Site location The sie Is in Wakiso Distt, Matugga Sub-county, Kyaddondo County (Figure 22) ts sounded by Eucalyptus tees from the North Easter direction, Kamla ~ Gulu Highway Road from the sites of the South-East, and Residential Houses Inthe sides of South-Eastern and western directions respectively Figure 2-2: Site Location (Source: Google Earth) 23, Climate Projection ‘The climate is tropical in Wako. The precipitation levels in the ely of Weakiso are noteworthy, as there is a considerable amount of rainfall even ding monthe that typically experience dry weather. According to Kppen and Geiger, thi climate is classified as Af, The mean yearly temperature recorded in Wakiso is 20.8 °C | 63.5 °F. 2s per the available data. The annual precipitation inthis location is approximately 1834 mm | 722 inch Waki is inthe northern hemisphere. ts north othe equator line. The onset of summer commences towards the conclusion of June and culminates by September. The months ‘that constitute this season ae referred to as June, July, August, September. The optimal petiod for construction plans would be during the months of January, February, March Api, May, December. The clmate Graph is shown on Figure 2-2 of nex page. _ '015-11282023 | GHOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page 3117Figure 23: Wakiso Climate Graphi Weather by Month 24. Site Geology ‘The district landscape belongs to Buganda surface classifcatior. It les at an approximate range of about 900 to 1340 meters above sea level The ditt fs characterized by isolated flattopped hls with steep slopes, often merging abruptly into long and gentle pediments, which are usually dissected by relatively broad valleys. Woakiso district is vided into two main topographic zones, the Lake Victoria zone and the high and zone (contra and north hls). “The mote highly metamorphosed rocks include quartaites, muscovite-tisite gnesses, and subordinate schist, which may locally contain corderte. The above rocks, together with amphiboles and epidosites, re part of the Buganda series, which make up a wider ‘Buganda- Toro system withthe Toro series of Western Uganda (Schleter, 1997), The geological map of Uganda presented in Figure 23 The sols were majy consisting of laterite rosiual sols of fine grains atthe top layers, underlain by coarse grained soil ‘material with sight races of cobbles onthe lower side of the ste ‘015-11292023 | GHOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page 4{i7Legend iver meters cies he Aron set cree Compe tv it sents iB ere stim ote aw Ses oD ienteaon Sym EE Lm de medin e Kae Naakonsp on [tient mae Kyer Sn [EE Ce in (oth tems ‘ee baton Sach emi Figure 24: Modified Geological Map of Uganda 225, Ground Type for the Definition for Selsmie Action ‘Based on the seismic zoning of Uganda, the site is located within Zore 3 as shown in Figure 2.4 below and the site sub-sol is a Type Ill soft soll sits in accordance with Ugandan Standard US319:2008 (Selamic code of practice for structural desis) ‘Thus, the seismic zoning factor, Z = 0.7 for zone 3. This code (Ugandan Standard US '219:2002-Seismic code of practice for structural design) sets down requirements forthe (general structural design and seismic design loadings for structures within any of the following categories: |) Allbuidngs having a flor area greater than 20 equare metres, Any building wih a height greater tan 5 motos, i) Allmasonry or concrete wals greater than 1.5 metres in height, 1v)Alelavated tanks of up to 200 cubic mares eapscy, Lager tanks shoud be subjected toa further study. ¥)_Allbuldings to which the general public has access. eS '015-11282023 | GHOTEEHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page S117‘The building to be constructed les within the above requirements mentaned inthe code p of Uganda showing Seismic zoning ZONE 1 High risk of Earthquake occurence ZONE 2 Moderate risk of earthquake occurrence ZONE 3 Low risk of Earthquake occurrence a '015-11282023 | GHOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page 61173.0. Field Exploratory and Laboratory Testing 3.1. Fld Exploratory ‘The fold exploratory activities were conducted in accordance with BS $930: 1999 "Code of Practice for Site Investigations" and included excavation of three test pits, logging, sampling (disturbed and Undisturbed samples), monitoring of ground water and conducting DCP tests. Table 3-1, below shows summary of fleld activities that were conducted ‘Table 3-1: Summary of Field Activities per Trial pit {Item Description Unit TP OL TP 02 [Trial pit excavation m 1.6 15 Soil profile log No. 1 1 ‘Sampling No. 1 1 DCP Tests No. 2 2 3.44. Tal pit Excavation and Logging Figure 3-1 shows the excavation of Trial pit using hand tools. Each test pit was profiled ‘according to 'A Guide to Practical Geotechnical Engineering in Souther Africa: 195. Detaled sol profes of tial pits are presented in Appendix 1 of this report, "TP 01 (Upper Ends of the Ste) "TP 02 (Lower Ends ofthe Site), Figure 3-1; Trial Pt Excavations using hand tools me '015-11282023 | GHOTECHRICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page 71173.1.2. Dynamic cone penetrometer Test (OCP). ‘The Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (OCP) test was carried out within the excavated test pits in order to determine the bearing capacity ofthe founding so. The DCP consisted of «2 cone of 800 fixed fo the botiom ofa vertical rod. A weight of kg was repeatedly lifted ‘and dropped onto a coupling at mid-heightof the red to deliver a standerd impactor blow to the cone and drove it nto the sol (at a 675mm dropping height). A vertical scale alongside the rod was used to measure the depth of penetration of the cone. The Penetraton per blow “penetration rate" was recorded as the cone was being don int the soll and then used to calculate the strength ofthe sol through which it was passing. A change in penetration rate indicated a change in strength between the soi layers, thus allowing stength ofthe sol to be determined. Figure 3.2 shows @ technician conducting the DOP test at some ofthe exploratory points. OCP and bearing capacty test results re ltached in Appendices 8 & 4 respectively. Figure 3.2: Dep Tests at surface and within the Pits respectively 3.4.3. Ground Water Table Ground water was encountered in TP 02 at @ Depth of 1.0m. The water was removed a8, the pit was excavated up to a depth of 1.5m. The Pit was lft for 2s for water ‘accumulation and the depth was measured fromthe ground surface. Sis within the area 12s sampled and taken In the laboratory for chemical tests. it should be noted that no ‘round water was encountered in TP 01 which ison the upper side of the site, — '5015-11282023 | GHOTECHMICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page 81173.2. Evaluation of bearing Capacity using DCP Results ‘The maximum pressures the sols are capable of resisting have been estimated from the field N- values using empirical relations. Therefore, the resulting bearhg capacities are suited for scheme design and not detail design. For purposes of computing the sols bearing capacty, the folowing assumptions were made; ‘+The Peck et ats (1967) relationship between N-values and unconfned compressive ‘strength is vai ‘+ The maximum alowable settement in non-cohesive sol is 25mm, ‘These evaluations are in accordance with "A Guide to Practkal Geotechnical Engineering in Southern Afica: 1995’. The Summary of DCP resus (penetration per blow! penetration rate) and the allowable bearing capacities for all tal pis are ehown in ‘Appendix 4. Tables 3-2 and 3-3 below show bearing capacities and censistency of soils at ferent depths fr each pit Table 3-2: Summary of Bearing Capacities from 0.0m to 2.0m ‘The allowable bearing Capacity generally varies with depth as presented in Table 2-2 and Table 3.3. tt generally vatid from 45,3 KPa to 528.4 KPa from 0.0 - 2.0m on the Upper sie ofthe sit and 40.7 KPa to 143.7 KPa onthe lower side of he st, ‘The bearing capacities ofthe upperside of the site generally varied frm 45.5 kPa to 120, KPa and lower side from 173.0 KPa to-264.7 kPa from depth 1.5m to 25m, a '015-11282023 | GHOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Page 9117Table 33: Summary of Bearing Capacities from 1.5m te 2.6m 3.2. Laboratory Work Laboratory tests to determine classification of soll samples obtained were cartied out Classification tess carted out included wet sieving (grain size distribution) and Atterberg limits. Table 3.2 shows a summary ofthe geotechnical tests which were caried out on the samples wit the procedures used. ‘Table 3.2: Tests conducted and their responding test standard [Sample Type |Test Description international Standard Disturbed Liquid Limit [Bs 1377: Part 2, Ceuse 4:1990 Plastic Limit & Plasticity Index [BS 1377: Part2, Cleuse 5:1990 Linear Shrinkage 1S 1377: Part2, clase 6:1990 Moisture Content $1377: Part2, Clause 3.2:1990 JPartcleSize Distribution [BS 1377:Pare2, Sub c.9.2:1990 [Chemical ests 185 1377: Pare3:1990 lun-Disturbed [shear Box 1851377: Part :1990 015-11282023 | GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT. Page 101173.2.4. Classification tosts 3.2.1.1, Sleve Analysis, Representative specimens were taken from the samples and oven die at temperatures, between 105° and 110°C for 24 hours. The died sol specimens wore washed through @ (0.075mm BS test sieve in accordance with the test method, The retained fractions were ‘298in over-did fo 24 hours athe same temperature and then sieved through a nest of BS teat sieves in a descending order of aperture sizes, using @ mechanical sieve shaker. “The fractions retained on each sleve were weighed and the proportions ofthe original sample passing given sieves were determined, Results ar presented in Append. 3.2.4.2. Liquid Limit (LU) ABS cone penetrometer fied with an automatic timing device that ensures 5 second penetration under an 80g load was used. 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