Thank you Fel3,
I'll start looking on the PIP STE 030202 guidelines, AWWA D-100-21, and AWWA D-103-19. I have ASCE 7 and ACI 318-19(22) in my hand. Which specification section would you recommend me to look?
Thanks again for your tips.
Thanks for your reply,
I do have the geotech report in my hand,
As written in the report, the caisson has a recommend depth of 12 ft under ground level and allowable bearing of 4500 psf (for live and dead load).
There is a recommendation of 3 ft soil backfill. Since the surface soil is not...
Thanks for your reply, Mr. JedClampett.
I just talked with my boss about the workload and my struggle. (The comany is actually a small firm, I'm the first structural aspect student intern to them)
He said that I missunderstanded what he said.
He want me to calculate the estimated load quantity...
Dear Professional Engineers,
I'm a student intern at a medium sized design and build firm.
My boss gives me another task on Outdoor Fire water tank foundation calculation.
My boss already hired a structure engineer to design the tank foundation, but seems like my boss doesn't like that...
At school, I've been taught using a standard series of load calculation based on ACI 318-19 code.
Start with footing area calculation, with DL LL, service load, soil bearing, all densities, comprehensive strength, and all coefficients.
Then I will get a footing sample dimension from there...
Thanks Dik and BART,
The building is a bottom up building located in suburban area of Beaumont, TX. The soil report provide a undereamed pier depth of minimum 12 fts under existing grade, with a Allowable Net Bearing of 3000 psf (DL + Sustained LL) and 4500 psf (total DL+LL).
I have all of...
Here's the image that I screenshoted from the building drawing. I think it's the structural slab.
The geotech report recommend the foundation (caisson)'s column to bell diam ratio to be 3:1.
"The recommended bell to shaft ratio is 3:1
In case of borehole sloughing, bell to shaft ratio...
Thanks for your reply,
the warehouse has unevenly distributed live load, since it's designed for storaging different types of chemical in totes. (IBC regular tote: 48" L x 40" W x 46" H)
is there a way to avoid calculation of point axial load? The point load of (based on the current chemical...
Dear Engineer friends,
I'm having an intern at my current company.
My boss gave a task on checking if the belled caisson foundation system can or can not support the warehouse upon it.
The belle caisson has spec of bottom diameter = 48", column diameter = 16", belled section angle = 45...
