Sawcuts in a mat foundation
Sawcuts in a mat foundation
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I have a 10" mat foundation with #5 bars 16" c/c top and bottom - anybody know of any reference documents on how to detail the contraction joints for a mat foundation? thanks in advance.






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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field
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Hokie66 - do you know of a reference for the .006 or is it what you've become comfortable with through experience?
thanks again
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Ron - I agree that it's not a typical mat foundation - but its' supporting a low rise lightly framed cold formed metal frame building with bearing wall loads of less than 5 kips/ft and no column point loads. The building is a very long/narrow structure with transverse bearing walls 12' c/c and the contractor has been building a lot of these. Typically, I've been laying these bearing walls out on 2' wide strip footings below a 4" slab on grade on 4,000 psf soil. The building is 600' long, and to save on the time to do formwork for the strip footings, and then pour a 4" slab on grade on top of that - the contractor asked if there was any way to do it all in one pour. I utilized RAM Concept to model a mat foundation on springs and this is the output that I am currently evaluating. Due to such small loading and good soil, I am getting very few strength requirements governing in the slab and am finding there are more detailing issues....
Thanks for any additional thoughts.