Net Allowable Bearing Capacity (Kg/cm2)

Allowable Bearing Pressure calculated as per Meyerhof Equation modified by Bowles

BOREHOLE NO. SPT 1 & SPT 2
Nfield Ncorrected Nfield Net Allowable Bearing Capacity (Kg/cm2)
Depth (pillar) (pillar) (soil) Ncorrected (soil)
(m) (SPT 1) (SPT 1) (SPT 2) (SPT 2) Neq For Footing Widths (m)
(blows/30cm) (blows/30cm) (blows/30cm) (blows/30cm) 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.5
0.5 5 9 6 11 11 2.8 2.4 2.1 3.0
1.0 7 11 7 11 11 3.0 2.7 2.2 3.0
1.5 8 12 9 13 13 3.0 2.9 2.3 3.0
2.0 9 13 8 11 12 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0
2.5 10 14 14 19 19 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
3.0 11 15 18 24 23 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
3.5 11 14 8 10 11 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
4.0 11 14 7 9 10 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0
5.0 16 20 13 16 16 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
6.0 3 4 5 6 6 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
7.0 15 17 12 14 14 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
8.0 50/12 100 50/5 100 100 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
9.0 50/10 100 50/10 100 100 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
10.0 50/7 100 50/3 100 100 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
NOTES
: It is common practice in State of Kuwait to limit the bearing capacity value for isolated footings to 300 kPa (3 kg/cm2). This
practice was set and is still being followed by the official Government Center for Testing & Laboratories of the Ministry of Public
Works, State of Kuwait.
1. The net allowable bearing capacity is calculated using the following Meyerhof equation as modified by
Bowles:
qa = N Kd B ≤ F4 N55 N70
F1 SI Fps SI Fps
2 F1 0.05 2.5 0.04 2
qa = N B+F3 Kd B > F4 F2 0.08 4 0.06 3.2
F2 B F3 0.3 1
Same Same
F4 1.2 4
where qa = allowable bearing pressure for 25mm or 1-in settlement, kPa or ksf
Kd = 1+(0.33 x D) ≤ 1.33 B = Footing Width (m)
B D = Footing depth (m)
N = SPT value (N is the statistical average value of N for the footing influence
zone about 0.5B above the footing base to atleast 2B below).
2. For this report, the number of blows, N, used in the above equations are the N values corrected
for overburden pressure. This was in accordance with the client's requirements.
3. Ncorrected = Nfield x Cn where Cn = 0.77 log(20/p'); p' = Effective Overburden Pressure (tsf)
4. Neq = nr x Npillar + (1-nr) Nsoil where nr = π r2/s2 ; r = 1.15m, Grid spacing, s = 6.0m
Project Soil Improvement Works for Kuwait New Cities At
North West Sulaibikhat, Kuwait
Net Allowable Bearing
Owner Public Authority for Housing Welfare Capacity For Zone M27
Contractor Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co.

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JO # 08690 Table 1.1
Unit Weight of soil 18 kN/m3
Depth of GW 1.42 m

Depth Depth effective stress effective stress CN N

m ft kN/m2 tsf
0.5 1.64 9 0.084 1.83 5
1 3.28 18 0.168 1.60 7
1.5 4.92 26.216 0.244 1.47 8
2 6.56 30.316 0.283 1.42 9
2.5 8.20 34.416 0.321 1.38 10
3 9.84 38.516 0.359 1.34 11
3.5 11.48 42.616 0.397 1.31 11
4 13.12 46.716 0.436 1.28 11
5 16.40 54.916 0.512 1.23 16
6 19.69 63.116 0.588 1.18 3
7 22.97 71.316 0.665 1.14 15
8 26.25 79.516 0.741 1.10 100
9 29.53 87.716 0.818 1.07 100
10 32.81 95.916 0.894 1.04 100
 NC

Blow /15cm Blow /15cm

9 3 2
11 3 4
12 4 4
13 4 5
14 4 6
15 5 6
14 5 6
14 6 5
20 8 8
4 1 2
17 6 9
100 100 0
100 100 0
100 100 0

units of p' should be tsf

Unit Weight of soil 18 kN/m3
Depth of GW 1.44 m

Depth Depth effective stress effective stress CN N

m ft kN/m2 tsf
0.5 1.64 9 0.084 1.83 6
1 3.28 18 0.168 1.60 7
1.5 4.92 26.412 0.246 1.47 9
2 6.56 30.512 0.284 1.42 8
2.5 8.20 34.612 0.323 1.38 14
3 9.84 38.712 0.361 1.34 18
3.5 11.48 42.812 0.399 1.31 8
4 13.12 46.912 0.437 1.28 7
5 16.40 55.112 0.514 1.22 13
6 19.69 63.312 0.590 1.18 5
7 22.97 71.512 0.667 1.14 12
8 26.25 79.712 0.743 1.10 100
9 29.53 87.912 0.820 1.07 100
10 32.81 96.112 0.896 1.04 100
 NC

Blow /15cm Blow /15cm

11 2 4
11 4 3
13 4 5
11 3 5
19 6 8
24 8 10
10 4 4
9 3 4
16 6 7
6 3 2
14 5 7
100 100 0
100 100 0
100 100 0

units of p' should be tsf