We have a site where up to 5 m the ground is silty clay. We removed the entire clay and reached rock. The building is founded on rock at about 5 m below ground with columns/ pad footings and the walls are supported on strip footings also on the rock. We are near an area with high water table so...
We recently carried out geotechnical investigation on a hill and we seem to have struck a geothermal zone. We drilled a borehole up to 10 m and we encountered steam. The steam has not stopped even after two weeks. The logs are all rocky highly weathered. Our client wants to construct a high...
I have a project of a four level building constructed using natural stones for the walls and the strip footings,beams and floor slab are all constructed in RC. The contractor had founded the building on rock at 1.5 m but after completion it started having large settlement cracks. We were then...
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I need to understand how to design a pile cap carrying several column loads ( not one column) scattered over the pile cap. All the cases I come across is a single column load supported by 2, 3, 4 etc piles. If I am to assume the total loadings from the columns is at the centroid what column...
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We have a situation where a contractor is to install concrete bored piles (to support a multi-storey structure (30 floors)) to a depth of 20 m in weathered rock(4 m) underlain by clay(10 m) and then good rock. The Geotechnical Engineers have designed for 600 mm size piles but the contractor...
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Can someone indicate to me the maximum spacing of piles. The piles we are dealing with are supported both by end bearing and friction. Most codes are on minimum spacing.
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I am designing a shoring system up to 15 m deep. The soil investigation indicates the strata is soft rock. I am wondering in my analysis should I assume it to be sand based on Peck's pressure envelopes or ?. I am unable to get any information on how to analyse shoring on rocks. All...
Hi, could someone advice me on the best software to purchase on Shoring design. I have a project where we have to retain an overburden up to 10 m ( three basements). There are so many softwares in the market that I am a little confused,
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