Electrical/Mechnical Concrete Pads
Electrical/Mechnical Concrete Pads
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Does anybody have any guidelines for the design of at grade concrete pads for mechanical or electrical equipment?
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Does anybody have any guidelines for the design of at grade concrete pads for mechanical or electrical equipment?
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RE: Electrical/Mechnical Concrete Pads
For reasons beyond my understanding, most contractors do not exercise the care on equipment pad construction that they do on 'occupiable' slabs. Probably, because the labor constructing the slabs are mechancial equipment contractors and not flat work contractors. I always make sure to annotate everything (especially compaction and bearing capacity) to an excruciating level of detail.
If you have some more specific information on the loading, it may prove helpful in soliciting the input of others.
RE: Electrical/Mechnical Concrete Pads
RE: Electrical/Mechnical Concrete Pads
For other mechancial equipment, the manufacturers usually have some basic requires for size and anchor bolts. They then leave the final design to the engineer, so that local soil conditions can be taken into account. So, the basic answer is, each pad is a separate case.
I usually approach it like I would a spot footing for a building column, much as RG88 mentioned.