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Table  of  contents

3  Requirements  on  laboratory  testing  26
3.1  Standard  laboratory  tests  26
3.2  Tests  to  analyze  soil  behaviour  under  cyclical  loading  27
4  Geotechnical  documents  28
4.1  Preliminary  remarks  28
4.2  Geotechnical  site  survey  reports  29
4.2.1  Content  of  the  geotechnical  site  survey  reports  29
4.2.2  Presentation  of  the  results  of  field  and  laboratory  tests  30
4.2.3  Summary  of  investigation  results  (ground  description)  31
4.2.4  General  ground  assessment  31
4.3  Soil  and  foundation  expertise  31
4.3.1  Content  of  soil  and  foundation  expertises  31
4.3.2  Information  provided  in  the  soil  and  foundation  expertise  32
4.4  Supplementary  report  on  soil  behaviour  under  cyclic  loading  33
4.4.1  General  33
4.4.2  Supplementary  report  on  soil  behaviour  under  cyclic  loading  33
5  Monitoring  during  construction  (execution  phase)  33
6  Monitoring  during  operation  33
Part  D:  Minimum  Requirements  on  site  investigations  for  cable  routes
for  the  inter-array  network  and  the  power  cables  34
Annex  1  :  References  37
Annex  2:  Standards,  guidelines  and  codes  of  practice  38
Annex  3:  List  of  abbreviations  40