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The internal loadbearing wall for a fourstorey ofce block is to be supported on a strip 876likes
foundation. Borehole investigations produced the consistent soil proles shown in Fig.
11.13.

Soilanalysisshowsthatthesandllisanunreliablebearingstrata.Theweatheredsandstone LikePage Share

has net allowable bearing pressures of n a = 400 kN/m2 for strip footings and n a = 550
kN/m2forpads,bothwithamaximumof20mmsettlement.Thesandstonebedrockhasa
Bethefirstofyourfriendstolikethis
netallowablepressureofn a=2000kN/m2
forpadfoundations.

ByinspectionofthesoilproleandanalysisinFig.11.13, the strip will be founded in the

compactweatheredsandstone.Therelativelyevendistributionoftheloadingwillnotleadto
unacceptabledifferentialsettlementsand,asthesidesoftheexcavationsdonotcollapsein
theshortterm,massconcretetrenchllfootingshavebeenselectedasthemostappropriate
foundationtype.

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Fig.11.13BoreholelogforDesignExamples1,2and4.
BUILDING (29) PAD FOUNDATIONS (18) STRIP
FOUNDATIONS(18)CONCRETE(15)RAFT FOUNDATIONS
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(14) DRILLED PIER FOUNDATIONS (13) RETAINING
The loadings from the fourstorey structure have been calculated (as working loads) as
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follows.
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(5) SHEET PILE (5) WALLS (5) SLABS (4) SLIP CIRCLES AND
UNDERPINNING (4) STRUCTURAL DESIGN (4) STEEL (3)
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Theloadbearingwallofasinglestorey
buildingistobesupportedonawide
reinforcedstripfoundation.Asite
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Example:Pilecapdesign.

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Apilecapisrequiredtotransfertheload
Inmanyinstancesthisapproximatemethodissatisfactory. froma400mm400mmcolumntofour
600mmdiameterpiles,asshowninFig.
Where the new foundation surcharge is large, or the allowable bearing pressure is low, the 14.30.Pilecaps...
followingmethodshouldbeused.
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havetypicalcharacteristicsofshrinkageand
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The weight of the new foundation is taken as approximately equal to the weight of soil
thesubsoilisloose,thesidesofthetrench
displaced,andthusis
maycavein.Theproblemcanbesolvedby
excludedfromtheaboveloads.
adopting...

Thenetbearingpressureis DesignExample5:Padbaseaxialloadplus
bendingmoment(smalleccentricity).
Acolumnpadbaseissubjecttoanaxialload
InthiscasetheexistingsurchargesS=0. of200kN(dead)plus300kN(imposed),
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As may be seen, the normal method value of B = 0.71 m in this example is sufciently duetopeopleoroccupants,theirfurniture,
accurateforallpracticalpurposes. temporary...

Final selection of foundation width must take into account the width of the wall, together DrivenPiles:AdvantagesandDisadvantages.
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bucketswhichareinmultiplesof150mm,e.g.450mm,600mm,750mm,etc.Inthis areofconcrete,theyaretobeprecast.Theymaybe
caseawidthofB=750mmwouldbeappropriate,asshowninFig.11.14. driveneitherverticallyor...

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