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    Climatic Rating

    Can anybody perhaps tell me how the Cw is calculated? I would like to draw a Cw map for South Africa. Any tips on how?
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    Mat (Raft) Foundation Design

    KAM, Thank you, I'll Try. I came across http://books.nap.edu/books/NI000261/html/1.htmlCriteria for Selection and Design of Residential Slabs-on-Ground (1968) (downloadable with Design Tables etc) Wonder how valid this still is? Thys
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    Mat (Raft) Foundation Design

    JAE, Thanks for your response. I'll try and locate the document you referred to. What I have outlined is typical. The site is obviously tested and zoned according to geotechnical properties and a raft designed for each zone. Thys
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    Mat (Raft) Foundation Design

    Mat Foundation Design (We call it Raft Foundations in South Africa” I have to design mat foundations for low cost housing for the previously disadvantaged communities in South Africa, the poorest of the poor. A typical mat size is 6mx7m. If one has to design one small mat like this and you...
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