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Report of Geotechnical Exploration and Review <br />Fox Street Improvements, Orono, Minnesota AMERICAN <br />July 29, 2016 ENGINEERING <br />Report No. 20-14448 TESTING, INC. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 2 of 12 <br />pavement section. It is our understanding that surface of the new pavement will match the <br />elevation of the existing roadway, and utility replacements are not planned for this project. <br /> <br />The project area is to the north of Lake Minnetonka, Tanager Lake, and French Lake. There are <br />several wetlands adjacent to the project site. There is an existing box culvert where Fox Street <br />crosses over Long Lake Creek, just east of Brown Road South; however, we understand that <br />reconstruction of the box culvert will not be included with this project. <br /> <br />The above stated information represents our understanding of the proposed construction. This <br />information is an integral part of our engineering review. It is important that you contact us if <br />there are changes from that described so that we can evaluate whether modifications to our <br />recommendations are appropriate. <br /> <br />4.0 SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION AND TESTING <br />4.1 Field Exploration Program <br />The subsurface exploration program conducted for the project consisted of 24 standard <br />penetration test borings. The logs of the borings and details of the methods used appear in <br />Appendix A. The logs contain information concerning soil layering, soil classification, geologic <br />description, and moisture condition. Relative density or consistency is also noted for the natural <br />soils, which is based on the standard penetration resistance (N-value). <br /> <br />The boring locations are shown on Figures 1 through 3 in Appendix A. The borings were located <br />in the field by AET personnel by taping from nearby site features. <br /> <br />4.2 Laboratory Testing <br />The laboratory test program included water content testing of selected soil samples. The test <br />results appear in Appendix A on the individual boring logs adjacent to the samples upon which <br />they were performed.