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Conceptual Design of Foundations: CIV4249: Foundation Engineering

The document discusses key considerations for the conceptual design of foundations, including: 1) Evaluating structural loadings, foundation conditions, possible design options, constructability, economics, and available plant equipment. 2) Foundations must safely support loads while being structurally and geotechnically efficient, accounting for structural tolerances. 3) Financial considerations include plant rental rates, establishment/dismantling costs, production rates, labor, materials, and overheads. 4) The design must consider local plant availability or establishment costs will be too high.

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Conceptual Design of Foundations: CIV4249: Foundation Engineering

The document discusses key considerations for the conceptual design of foundations, including: 1) Evaluating structural loadings, foundation conditions, possible design options, constructability, economics, and available plant equipment. 2) Foundations must safely support loads while being structurally and geotechnically efficient, accounting for structural tolerances. 3) Financial considerations include plant rental rates, establishment/dismantling costs, production rates, labor, materials, and overheads. 4) The design must consider local plant availability or establishment costs will be too high.

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Conceptual Design

of Foundations

CIV4249: Foundation Engineering

Fajar University
Uppun, Masriflin T.
Conceptual Design Considerations

• Conceptual Design
– Stuctural Loadings and Functionality
– Foundation Conditions
– Explore possibilities
– Evaluate constructability
– Economic considerations
– Plant availability
• Detailed design
Design considerations
• Foundations must be designed both
structurally and geotechnically
• Able to safely carry compression, tension
and shear loads, and possible moments
• Structurally efficient
• Geotechnically efficient
• Take tolerance of structure to movement
into account
Efficiency
1300 kN 1300 kN


750 f 450 f
Bored pile Stiff Clay Bored pile Stiff Clay

20m

✓ 33.3m
Settlement Tolerance
Settlement Sensitive Structure


✓
Stiff Clay

Stiff Clay
Settlement Tolerance
Settlement Sensitive Structure

Stiff Clay 2.5m Loose Sand


Densification

Dense Sand Dense Sand

✓ ✓
Stiff Clay
Settlement Tolerance
Settlement Sensitive Structure


Stiff Clay
✓Stiff Clay
Settlement Tolerance
Settlement Insensitive Structure

✓

Stiff Clay

Stiff Clay
Compression

N/C Clay N/C Clay


5m

 ✓
Dense Sand
Compression

N/C Clay N/C Clay


10m


Medium Sand
Densify

✓
Medium Sand

O/C Clay O/C Clay


Compression


Bored pile Driven pile
Stiff Clay Stiff Clay

✓ Rock
✓ Rock
Compression

Bored pile Stiff Clay Driven pile Stiff Clay


Rock Rock

✓
Tension


Soil or Rock
?
Soil
Tension


Driven pile Driven pile
Soft Clay Stiff Clay

Very dense
Sand ✓
Tension
1000 kN 1000 kN

275 x 275 750 f


Driven pile Bored pile Stiff Clay
Stiff Clay

 20m

✓ 20m
Tension / Compression

Grouted Hard Rock Hard Rock


bar

✓
Lateral Loads

Soil
? ✓ Rock
Lateral Load

275 x 275
Driven pile

N/C Clay  20m

N/C Clay
?
Lateral load

N/C Clay
? 20m
✓
N/C Clay
20m
Conceptual Design

Constructability
Shallow Footings

Loose Sand

2.5m
Stiff Clay
?

✓
Dense Sand
Stiff Clay
Dense Sand
Construction in Sand

?
Loose Sand Loose Sand ? Bored Pile ?

2.5m Bentonite
Casing

Dense Sand

✓
Dense Sand
Stiff Clay
Construction in Sand

Loose Sand

✓ 10m
Loose Sand

•CFA ✓ 10m

•Atlas
•Omega
Dense Sand Dense Sand
Financial Considerations - Piling
• Plant
• Hourly rate (replacement, life of plant,
interest rates, maintenance, fuel)
• Establishment / disestablishment (cartage,
time for cartage, set-up and dismantling)
• Production rate
• Labour
• Materials
• Overheads
• Cost of alternatives
Plant Availability

• Pointless designing a foundation


system for which no plant exists
locally.
• Establishment cost would be too
high for all but the largest projects
Conclusion

• Stuctural loadings and


functionality
• Foundation conditions
• Explore possibilities Conceptual
• Evaluate constructability Design
• Economic considerations
• Plant availability
• Detailed design

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