OR/15/065 Foreword

Entwisle, D, Lee, K A, and Lawley, R S. 2015. User guide for ‘BGS Civils’ - a suite of engineering properties datasets. British Geological Survey Internal Report, OR/15/065.

This report is the user’s guide for the national assessment of a suite of seven Engineering Properties datasets. These complimentary datasets provide information and advice on Excavatability, Strength, Discontinuities, Bulking of soils and rocks, Sulfate and sulfide potential, Corrosivity (ferrous) and Use for fill.

The purpose of this user guide is to provide the background, overview of the methodology developed by the British Geological Survey, and the potential applications and limitations of this GIS information.