UFC 3-270-05
15 March 2001
Acknowledgment
This manual was prepared by Messrs. D. M. Ladd and Richard H. Grau, Geotechnical and
Structures Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS,
and is an update of the 1989 version prepared by Dr. M. Y. Shahin, Construction Engineering
Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Champaign, IL.
Funding for this project was provided by the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency
(AFCESA/CESC), Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and the Naval Facilities Engineering
Command (NAVFAC), Norfolk, VA. Monitor at AFCESA/CESC was Mr. Richard Smith and
monitors at NAVFAC were Messrs. Charlie Schiavino and Vince Donnally.
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