Advanced Construction Technology
By Professor Chris Gorse & Ian Dickinson – licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – Share Alike License
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Foundations and framed
construction
Chris Gorse and Ian Dickinson
These slides should be read in conjunction with Emmitt, S. and Gorse,
C. (2010) Barry’s Advanced Construction of Buildings. Oxford, Blackwell
Publishing
Foundation under a portal frame
Pad
foundations
Ground beams –
carry the wall loads to
the pad foundations
b. Pad foundations –
used under the point
loads of the framed
construction
Pile and Raft
Continuous reinforced
concrete raft foundation
Pile caps
Ground
beams carry the
wall loads to the
pile caps
Edge beams may be used to
increase stiffness and rigidity
Raft foundation –
thickening where point
loads occur
Clusters of pile
foundations
c. Pile foundations –
transfers the load to
lower more stable
ground
c. Raft foundations –
spreads the load over
greater surface area
Discussion
• Discuss the various situations where beam
and pad, pile and beam and raft foundations
would be used under a frame building.
Consider the following in your discussion:
– Ground condition
– Size of building
– Building loads