The purpose of this master's thesis is to lay the foundation for the development of a geotechnical data database in the Slovenian geotechnical environment and to prove that working with structured data or databases is more efficient than working with conventional data handling methods. To this end, the thesis includes descriptions of basic operation of databases, a review of existing geotechnical and similar data databases with their data sharing protocols and their use. One of the products of the thesis was a structured dataset of geotechnical data, which we can divide into field, laboratory, and input data, based on a comprehensive review of standards and other instructions for each geotechnical investigation. The structured dataset is composed of a list of data with corresponding instructions of acquisition, accuracy, and required unit, which need to be recorded during the geotechnical investigation. The comprehensive review was made only for field investigations, while for laboratory investigations, the structured dataset was made, because of rationalization only for the final products of routine laboratory investigations. Input geotechnical data were mentioned only in data structuring and represent an area for further development of the master's thesis topic. Using the structured dataset and the basic principles of databases, a conceptual model of the geotechnical data database was created, which serves as the basis for its establishment. To confirm the suitability of the created conceptual model of the database, a test geotechnical data database was created based on it for the needs of designing and constructing two structures, the “Pusta Gora” tunnel and the “Škale” viaduct, within the project “2 odsek 3 razvojna os sever«, carried out by IRGO Consulting d.o.o. in the years 2018 to 2021. The final product of the master's thesis is a conceptual model of the geotechnical data database for field investigations, which is directly usable and represents the first step towards further development of the use of the database for geotechnical engineering work.
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