THE JOURNAL OF KMUTNB

Volume 32, No. 02, Month APRIL, Year 2022, Pages 342 - 354

Current practice and problem of geotechnical site investigation in thailand

Pawaris Ruennusarn, Siranya Thongchart

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Nowadays, the site investigation in Thailand still has not been up to standard for enforcing or following the overall work specification of the country. According to the data collected by the in-depth interviews from the companies and designers, there were still some problems which should be solved properly. They are divided into problems in the work process (P) by 55.6%, problems related to the tools or equipment (E) by 25.9%, and problems caused by human (H) by 18.5%. Moreover, these problems mainly affected the quality of the data. And, the designers were the main stakeholder of these problems (51.9%). It was also found that lacking a site engineer was a key problem affecting the overview of the stated problems. Therefore, this paper presents three measures for improving the quality of site investigation in Thailand. Firstly, it is a measure of educating the site investigation workers. Secondly, it is a measure of improving the operational standard by writing the specification of the site investigation in Thailand for controlling accuracy in work and being the same regulation for all departments or all organizations. This is going to be proposed to the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) for enforcement. Finally, it is a measure in encouraging an enactment related to the standard of operation of the site investigation in Thailand.

Keywords

Site Investigation; Site Investigation Problem; Current Practice

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