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I've got a situation where I will be supporting a building on a series of grade beams. I've got a geotechnical report providing me the soils modulus of subgrade reaction (115 psi/in). For mat slabs or SOGs I adjust this value with respect to my foundation plan dimensions. For grade beams...
I am analyzing a slab for increased loading and a portion of the slab is supported on soil and another section of the slab spans over an underground cable vault. If I apply a soil region only for the areas that are supported by soil and not apply any soil regions for the area spanning the vault...
