Hi,
So I'm reviewing a raft design for another firm and I don't see the logic in their design approach. I was hoping that someone could tell me what they thought of the design approach and maybe, how they would have designed it.
Design brief:
30 story tower, 100% bearing raft (no piles)
Core...
In every company I've worked for, in any country, complicated piled-rafts (complex pile, column over and wall over arrangements) have been modelled in FE software. (This too goes for complex/large/irregular pile caps.)
The piled-rafts I've designed have all been very deep, ranging from 2m to...
