It turns out you can build your house on the sand after all. I'm not sure what the consequences of discovering this are for my faith.
Loose sand will provide allowable bearing pressures up to 100 kPa. This conforms with the minimum requirement for bearing pressures of 100 kPa pursuant to AS 1684 Section 2 and AS 2870 Clause 6.5.2(a).
It depends on the maximum slope of the land, doesn’t it? Sand slips sometimes on steep surfaces.
Laurence / 1:13am / 22 May 2013