YukonOne
Structural
- Jun 28, 2006
- 14
Any body have experience with individual helical anchors as bearing support for independent columns?
I've been a little reluctant in the past to consider helical anchors, I guess its the engineer/inertia issue.
I'm working on a small project that has limited space and where a lot of excavation causes problems. The idea is to drill in single helical anchors under each of 10 columns supporting a braced elevated deck and pour a cap on top of the anchor with some sort of void under thae cap to accomodate frost expansion. Maximum column loads are 35K. Multiple anchors per column area nice solution for me but raise the eyebrow of the Arch/Owner.
Thoughts?
I've been a little reluctant in the past to consider helical anchors, I guess its the engineer/inertia issue.
I'm working on a small project that has limited space and where a lot of excavation causes problems. The idea is to drill in single helical anchors under each of 10 columns supporting a braced elevated deck and pour a cap on top of the anchor with some sort of void under thae cap to accomodate frost expansion. Maximum column loads are 35K. Multiple anchors per column area nice solution for me but raise the eyebrow of the Arch/Owner.
Thoughts?