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The document summarizes the geotechnical proposal for the Lighthouse Building T project in Arhus, Denmark. It describes the soil conditions, which consist of 10m of fill material overlying clay down to 70m depth. It also discusses the high water table and need to control groundwater during excavation. The proposal includes designs for a retaining wall using anchored diaphragm walls, pile raft foundation system with isolated footings, and a dewatering system using 59 wells. Safe distances from existing structures are also considered.

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13W Report Team03 Part 1

The document summarizes the geotechnical proposal for the Lighthouse Building T project in Arhus, Denmark. It describes the soil conditions, which consist of 10m of fill material overlying clay down to 70m depth. It also discusses the high water table and need to control groundwater during excavation. The proposal includes designs for a retaining wall using anchored diaphragm walls, pile raft foundation system with isolated footings, and a dewatering system using 59 wells. Safe distances from existing structures are also considered.

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13-week report

DTU, Course 11080


Advanced Building Design

4.

Lighthouse Project
Subject 4

Team 03
s152374
Vasile Daniel Mois

Geotechnical proposal

The basis of the current project is the design of building called Lighthouse Building T in
Arhus, Denmark. The Lighthouse is part of a bigger project which came to life with the
decision of the Arhus City Council, in 1997, when it was decided to transform the old
container harbor into a vibrant and attractive new neighborhood. In the harbor several
other buildings has been already constructed.
The Lighthouse Building it is considered a high-rise building having height of 160 m
which require and extended parking lot in the basement. In collaboration with the
architect of the project, the dimension of the basement has been established. For the
high-rise building specific types of foundation are fitted.
The site is located in manmade harbor. The site investigation of the soil has shown that
the soil profile consist of two main layers. The main layers is located at the surface and
has a thickness of 10 m. This layer is made of fill material, consisting mainly of debris
material and sand. Bellow 10m, a clay layer has been found which goes up to 70 m
depth. The clay is named Svind marl according to the Geoteknisk rapport nr. 1 and
is describe as an extreme plastic clay. This imposed the project to be treated in high
safety class.
Since the building is located on a harbor location, another important factor in the design
process is the water level at the site location. According to Geoteknisk rapport nr. 1
the water has been found at a level -1.80m bellow the ground surface, also it is
mentioned an influx of water at a level of around -20.00m to -25.00m from the ground
surface. Global warming fact is also to be considered when talking about an increase in
the level of the water. In extreme weather condition it is mentioned that water level can
increase up to 2.00m.
Other constrains to be taken into account is the site location. In the harbor area, has
been already constructed several buildings and existing underground retaining
structures are present.
The above mentioned factors, high-rise building, soil condition, water level, existing
buildings on site, are the most decisive factors in the design so far. Therefore certain
structural systems are considered for the project.
4.1 Excavation dimensions
Dimension of required excavation in order to build the basement was established in
collaboration with the architect. The requirements of the architect were that the
building required 2 level of extended basement which will be used for parking spaces.
Dimensions were established to be of 60.20m width and 79.20 m long and a depth of
10.00m from the ground surface. The depth was established by taking 4.00m for each
floor and 2.00m for the foundation system. The plan proposed for basement is presented
in Figure 4.1.

13-week report
DTU, Course 11080
Advanced Building Design

Lighthouse Project
Subject 4

Team 03
s152374
Vasile Daniel Mois

Figure 4.1 Basement plan


4.2 Retaining structures
Table 4.2 Design parameters of the retaining wall
Diaphragm
Type of retaining wall
wall
Embedment depth [m]
1.61
Total height of the wall [m]
11.61
Anchor force [kN]
143.83
Maximum bending moment
[kNm/m]
400.318
Free length of the anchor [mm]
4790
Total length of the anchor [mm]
9790
Diameter of the grout [mm]
523

Figure 4.2 Anchored retaining wall

Having the required depth of


excavation of 10.00m, retaining
structures are necessary. In the
design process of the retaining
structures the following solutions
were investigated: (1) free cantiliver
wall, (2) anchored retaining wall and
(3) braced retaining wall. The main
design parameters taking into account
for the retaining structure were the
resistance against lateral earth
pressure and the waterproofing. Free
cantilever wall was not an economical
option since the total depth required
for construction was 12.42m.
Therefore a decision has been taken
into account the other two options.
For the final design was preferred the
anchored wall because the due to the
dimensions of excavation the use of
braces was considered more expensive
that use of anchors.

13-week report
DTU, Course 11080
Advanced Building Design

Lighthouse Project
Subject 4

Team 03
s152374
Vasile Daniel Mois

From structural point of view, diaphragm wall was chosen instead of secant pile wall,
even the second option is cheaper, the diaphragm wall provides a better waterproofing
and has better behavior in sand and gravel soil, category in which first layer of the soil
can be part of. The preliminary dimensions are presented in Table 4.1 and a sketch of
the retaining wall is presented in Figure 4.2. Material to be used for construction are
concrete C35/45 with reinforcement B550 and for anchor steel S235 is chosen.
4.3 Foundation system
The foundation system was design in collaboration with the structural engineer. In this
case two system were investigated during the design: (1) mat foundation over the entire
basement (2) pile rafted foundation for main building with isolated footings for
basement structure. The first option was to used a general mat foundation over the
entire basement. Investigation of this foundation system lead to the conclusion that a
large mat for the main building is not economical and for the basement were the loads
are much lower than for main building the design and only around 9% of the bearing
capacity of the soil was used. Therefore the second option was investigated which lead to
the use of piles. The piles were design to 20.00m long and 1.20 m diameter, a total
number of 32 piles are used. For the pile cap, dimensions are 55.80m long and 26.80m
width with a thickness of 2.00m. Isolated footing are used for the basement structural
columns. The footing are designed to 1.80m by 1.80m dimension and height of 2.00m
and achieve 75% of the bearing capacity of the soil. The material to be used are
reinforced concrete made of concrete C35/45 and reinforcement B550. Dimensions of the
foundation systems are presented in Table 4.2 and a skect is presented in Figure 4.3.
Table 4.2 Summary of foundation design
Deep foundation system - piles
Length
Diameter
[m]
[m]
Pile dimension
20.00
1.20
Length
Pile cap
[m]
Width [m]
dimension
55.80
26.80
Isolated footings
Length
Footings
[m]
Width [m]
dimensions
1.80
1.80
Note: RC - reinforced concrete

Number of
piles
32.00
Thickness
[m]
2.00
Thickness
[m]
2.00

Material
RC
Material
RC
Material
RC

4.4 Ground water control, interface to adjacent quay structures


Due to the presence of the water a dewatering system was design in order to keep the
excavation area dry. For dewatering the well discharge capacity was chosen to be 0.01
m/s. In order to dewater the area in 15 days a required number of 59 wells is used. The
wells are place on both sides with a distance of 3.4 m between them on the long side, and
12 more additional wells are placed on the width of the site with a spacing of 13.4 m.

13-week report
DTU, Course 11080
Advanced Building Design

Lighthouse Project
Subject 4

Team 03
s152374
Vasile Daniel Mois

The presence of the existing structure, impose safe distances from them in order to avoid
any damage or structural interference with the existing ones. Safe distances are
presented in Figure 4.4.

Figure 4.3 Foundation system

Figure 4.4 Safe distances from the existing buildings

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