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Subsurface Investigation Declaration

Published by Town of Oakville

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Type: Form
Published by: Town of Oakville
Date: Document last updated Sep 2025
Also called: Geotechnical calculations or a sub soil declaration
For: designer
Signed by: Practitioner · Structural Engineer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 1
Agencies: Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
Covers note: The form prints no section headings other than its title, so no covers are listed.
Instruments: Ontario Building Code (OBC) 2024, Subsection 4.2.2., Div B

Overview

The Subsurface Investigation Declaration, a one-page Town of Oakville Building Services form last updated September 2025, which Oakville's pages link as the geotechnical calculations or sub soil declaration. Used in place of a geotechnical consultant's recommendations, it has fields for project name and building location, a declaration of responsibility for the subsurface investigation and groundwater conditions under the Ontario Building Code 2024, Subsection 4.2.2, a practitioner block and a structural engineer's seal.

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