January 25, 2000, 11:15
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>From the Desk of David E. Lourie, PE
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In my experience, overburden correction factors are not used by all
practitioners. The use of them varies by locale and experience. Also, since
SPT values are often correlated with other soil properties, it depends on how
the database was developed that is used for the correlations.
Regards,
LOURIE CONSULTANTS
David E. Lourie, PE
Consulting Engineer
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