Whether you are building your dream home or high rise you should always do a soil test on the parcel of land or lot. It is imprtant to know if the land that you intend to build on can sustain the structure that you are going to build. This test (called boring test) eliminates the guess work. You would want to know if the soil has any voids or air pockets as this would compromise the building your structure. In others words......
Seen any Sinkholes lately?
Pay to have this inspection done. It is fairly inexpensice ($200-$300) compare to the overall cost of the project. Do not take the cheap way out and delete this line item from your budget. You would feel terrible if you knew you could have avoided you home or project from sinking into mother earth (yikes). The old saying pay me now or pay me later really applies in this case.
love your work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!