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REPORT LIMITATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR ITS USE1 <br />Subsurface issues may cause construction delays, cost overruns, claims, and disputes. While you <br />cannot eliminate all such risks, you can manage them. The following information is provided to <br />help: <br />Geotechnical Services are Performed for Specific Purposes, Persons, and Projects <br />At GeoTest our geotechnical engineers and geologists structure their services to meet specific <br />needs of our clients. A geotechnical engineering study conducted for a civil engineer may not <br />fulfill the needs of an owner, a construction contractor or even another civil engineer. Because <br />each geotechnical engineering study is unique, each geotechnical engineering report is unique, <br />prepared solely for the client. No one except you should rely on your geotechnical engineer who <br />prepared it. And no one — not even you — should apply the report for any purpose or project <br />except the one originally contemplated. <br />Read the Full Report <br />Serious problems have occurred because those relying on a geotechnical engineering report did <br />not read it all. Do not rely on an executive summary. Do not read selected elements only. <br />A Geotechnical Engineering Report is Based on a Unique Set of Project -Specific Factors <br />GeoTest's geotechnical engineers consider a number of unique, project -specific factors when <br />establishing the scope of a study. Typical factors include: the clients goals, objectives, and risk <br />management preferences; the general nature of the structure involved its size, and <br />configuration; the location of the structure on the site; and other planned or existing site <br />improvements, such as access roads, parking lots, and underground utilities. Unless GeoTest, <br />who conducted the study specifically states otherwise, do not rely on a geotechnical engineering <br />report that was: <br />• not prepared for you, <br />• not prepared for your project, <br />• not prepared for the specific site explored, or <br />• completed before important project changes were made. <br />1 <br />ilnformation in this document is based upon material developed by ASFE, Professional Firms Practicing in the Geosciences(asfe.org) <br />