bank vault
bank vault
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How many have worked or experienced on designing structural for bank vault (or similar)? How heavy is the entire setup (for say 2 meter by 1.5 meter room and 8 feet high)? any reference or web site that details this? I need to know how the slabs are reinforced to support bank vault and whether it is safe to do it above a foundation footing portion or beside it (I'm concerned of the reactions). Thank you






RE: bank vault
If it's a modular structure you're just looking a foundation design. I've designed pads for modular structures - containing pumps and generators - no big deal. The manufacturer provides to anchorage design.
If your building say a CIP concrete vault & installing a frame and door, you need to talk to your client about how robust the structure needs to be; do they want the walls to be blast proof?
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BR,
Patrick
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Here's the thing. I'm designing structure for a client who would lease it to banks.. but so far... no contracts with any yet. Now the problem is the layout of the lot is almost fill with foundation footings. So the slabs and vault design would come in the future... now can they just put it on top of existing foundation footings? I'm concerned of the reactions hence right now I need to know how to integrate it with the foundation.
RE: bank vault
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In any case, call a vault manufacturer and ask how much the thing will weigh; then put your foundation in now.
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The vault is not one solid thing. Only the vault door will be brought in, the vault, walls floor, ceiling or vault room would be built inside. But this is a year after construction after the space is leased out. Now I have to anticipate the slabs footings or supports that can hold the weight of the future vault. Please see the following pic. The blue are combined foundating footings, the red is the position of the vault. Any reactions like torsions or soil reactions or unexpected problem that can result from this?
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The vault floor may have to be fairly elaborate. I recently did one for a bank and the slab was 18" thick (required per ASTM Specification) and the top of the vault slab had to be 3" below the finished floor to receive the vault walls (required by vault manufacturer (some do and some don't)). The reinforcing consisted of 4 layers of bars running each way spaced not more than 4" c-c and there could not be a gap of more than 2" between horizontally between bars in adjacent layers. The vault was installed after the building was up but we poured the vault floor at the time of the building foundation.
The point I am getting at is it may be necessary to saw cut the floor slab and then pour the required valut slab in the future or ideally find out what the requirements are for the slab now and then build the necessary slab.
BR,
Patrick
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How'd you get those numbers?
"People will work for you with blood and sweat and tears if they work for what they believe in......" - Simon Sinek
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BR,
Patrick
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contact a couple of the big banking mfg. and get their info, rather than relying on us.