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From the editorial office: This paper, in principle, correctly poses the question concerning the estimate of variability of some soil characteristics. The procedure proposed by the authors does not introduce significant changes to the evaluation of soils and their suitability as foundation beds for buildings. As for use of the procedure outlined in GOST 20522-75 for estimating the variability of the water table, as well as other parameters regulated by the GOST, the authors are unconditionally correct.
The editorial office deems it necessary to consider the expediency of the procedure by the authors in revising this GOST.
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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 1, pp. 22–24, January–February, 1989.
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Zalesskii, F.V., Zalesskii, V.F. Establishing a comparable variability for different soil characteristics. Soil Mech Found Eng 26, 21–25 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02306232
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