Is the geology of the site necessary at all?

Any person, one way or another connected with construction, knows that without geology it is impossible to build houses and cottages. Few people want to risk their resources by building a property that may become unusable over time. In addition, repairs and further reworking of previously made mistakes can entail huge losses. It is in order to avoid such consequences that the geology of the site is required.

However, there is an opinion that conducting a geological survey is not a necessary process. Many people think geology is a waste of money. Is the geology of the site really necessary - let's try to figure it out.

The current land legislation does not specify the requirement for a mandatory geological survey of the site on which the cottage will be built. However, the bill on the need to provide reports on the conduct of geological research is already under discussion.

Nevertheless, for every competent developer, geology is a mandatory procedure that allows you to find out the characteristics of the territory on which the house will be built. Geology may not be carried out, but then when developing a foundation project, designers will only take into account remote data. It is important to consider here that the averaged indicators do not always characterize the actual quality of the soil. Most often, these are just generally accepted norms that do not characterize this or that area in any way.

In addition, customers often confuse the type of soil. For example, clay soil can be confused with loamy soil. Each soil requires a certain type of foundation. In the absence of geological studies, it is difficult to accurately determine the type of soil, and accordingly, you can easily make a mistake with the type of foundation. In the future, such a foundation may begin to crack, which will significantly reduce the life of the entire house. Correction of errors in the foundation is a very complex process, the cost of which can be several times higher than the cost of a geological survey service.

Therefore, we can safely say that it is impossible to save on geology. Subsequently, such savings may incur additional costs. It is likely that sooner or later the developer will have to fix the mistakes. In addition, the cost of geological exploration is only a small fraction of the total construction estimate.