Tier 1 (No Verification) – Local practice alone, acceptable only for temporary structures. Tier 2 (GEOSS-Screened) – Local practice verified against satellite-derived settlement and seismic hazard maps. Tier 3 (GEOSS-Certified) – Local practice validated by at least three independent earth observation datasets and a regional load test database.
Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS) , in collaboration with the Building and Construction Authority (BCA)
The GEOSS guidelines solve this by asserting a simple truth:
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