I have a question about a practice that I am seeing on one of my projects. The concrete sub is supporting the rebar mat section of the pile caps with no. 4 bars driven into the earth (earth-formed pile caps) and wire tied to the mat. I spent some years in the western United States where in...
I would use caution in assuming that the tank area has uniform loading. Usually the loading is centralized; with a larger load within the center or 1/3D(not sure about that number)of the tank area.