alexpgp | A model sentence...

This is the kind of stuff from that standard that's kicking my butt:

The content and scope of investigations should be established in the investigation program, taking account of the types (designations) of buildings and structures (routes), their level of criticality, the complexity of the engineering-geological conditions, the availability of data from investigations performed earlier, the need to assure final identification of engineering-geological elements and establish normative and design values for them (based on laboratory and/or field method definitions of physical, strength, deformation, filtration, and other subsoil property characteristics), the refinement of hydrogeological parameters of water-bearing formations and the quantitative characteristics of the dynamics of geological processes, the receipt of other data for the design of footings, foundations, and frameworks of buildings and structures, the substantiation of their engineering protection, as well as the resolution of individual issues that occur in the course of development, concurrence, and approval of the project.

...and I am not at all sure I've got it right, nor do I really have the time to reflect on this, other than to note that it's one sentence.

BTW, the client e-mailed earlier today and wants me to drop what I'm doing and work on section 8 of the document first, at the end client's request.

Now I know what's meant when one is working on an early "Section 8."

Ba-da-BOOM!

Cheers...