What is the importance of stratification to civil engineering?

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Importance of stratification to Civil engineering are as follows:

- Provide an understanding of the nature of the ground

- Ensure properly structured site investigation

- Ease for assessing the permeability of composite soil

- To be able to know physical characteristics of soil/rock underlying the site

- Assess mechanical properties (i. e. strength, compressibility, etc.) of different rock strata