Observation of Bearing Capacity of Land-based on Soil Engineering Properties in Semarang Central Java Indonesia

The stability of bearing capacity of land is influenced by the conditions and characteristics of the resources in the space/land/region, called the supply capacity. The capacity to provide in terms of bearing capacity of land for the allocation of space utilization is determined by the stability of the land mass that forms the land, namely soil engineering properties. The real phenomenon that occurs due to the failure of the bearing capacity of land is land subsidence, both due to engineering and natural. Frequently encountered phenomena indicating failure of land bearing capacity: land subsidence, failure of infrastructure buildings. This is what underlies this research. The study was conducted in the city of Semarang which is geographically located between 650'-710' South Latitude and 10950'-11035' East Longitude located on the coast of the Java island. Research by drilling, sondir at the test points spread in the city of Semarang. From this study obtained parameters of soil engineering properties that determine the stability of the bearing capacity of land: very soft to soft/very loose has a bearing capacity of land = <0.904kg/cm2, rather soft/loose resistance has a bearing capacity of land = 0.904-2.035 kg/cm2, rather hard to hard/rather dense has a bearing capacity of land = 2.035-5.880kg/cm2, very hard/dense to very dense has a bearing capacity of land = 5.880- > 9.93 kg/cm2.