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I am doing estimate for a marine project where we have lot of driven piles (precast concrete) to do. These piles would have about 10m free length (7m in standing water and 3m above water). My question is should I consider in my estimate the requirement of cofferdam also all around the areas...
For one of the project we have planned to conduct plate load test. The bearing capacity has been checked for both shear failure criteria (of soil) and settlement criteria as well. Settlement of footing governs the design. The allowable bearing pressure has been estimated as 500kPa for settlement...
Could anybody please provide me the guidelines of minimum depth of foundation? I have a situation where foundation is to be rested directly on the ground. The ground consists of 250mm compacted fill underlain by sound partially weathered sandstone. The size of foundation is 6mx0.5m.
I am...
I am working on a project in which footings are to be rested on Limestone formation. Limestone rock starts right from the surface. As we all know that there is a probability of solution cavities formation in Limestone. However, out of 20 boreholes drilling across the site, only 3 boreholes...
