Thank you all for the good advise!
The stiffened slab is for differential settlement. Although we are replacing the top 5', the underlying soil is of the same character but is stiff. CL clay does not have a very high swell potential, but it does shrink (consolidate).
Thanks civilperson. I get the impression that you think that the joints are unnecessary. Do they have to use joints at all? Some of the literature I have read dances around the notion that you don't have to and I feel like with it being a storage facility (nothing covering the floor),that it...
The building is a pre-engineered metal building being constructed for the Air National Guard and is a storage building at a Crash Rescue facility.
The top 5' of soil is soft CL clay w/ PI = 16 (the contractor is proposing the removal and replacement of this with an engineered fill Class 9, group...
I really don't care what they they look like as long as they not noticed without close examination. We know that concrete will crack. And I am use to dealing with it in a parking lot or a road, but this slab is tricky and I am not sure on the best way to approach it. It is up to the...
Thanks Ron.
I have been doing some research trying to educate myself before marking up the plans for re-submition. Can you recomend any reference in particular?
Thanks
I am a civil engineer and have recently received a contractors submittal for a slab on grade, which I am concerned about and would like some input.
The slab is: 120' long X 40' wide with 1' X 1' grade beams every 20' across the width and also down the center running lengthways of the slab. It...
