This book provides instant, project-ready geotechnical answers. The latest in McGraw-Hill's popular "Portable Handbook" series, this is the first quick-reference book on geotechnical engineering and construction-related topics. Filled with vital, ready-to-implement geotechnical data, formulas, and guidelines that you can flip to at a moment's notice, the comprehensive, yet pocket-sized "Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook" features: field exploration guidelines, soil and rock classifications, and percolation and lab test procedures; basic phase relationships and stress distribution tables and charts; clear analysis guidelines for settlement, bearing capacity, expansive soil, slope stability, earthquake, erosion control, and deterioration from other causes; and quick access to essential design and construction data for foundations and retaining walls.It also includes: easy-to-use data on grading, instrumentation, excavation, underpinning, groundwater control, and geosynthetics, as well as pavement and pipeline design charts. Written by an AIA award-winning civil engineer, the "Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook" adds up to a complete set of research-reducing tools for civil engineers, construction personnel, and architects. It's the most convenient source of information you need on the job every day, for projects large and small.