Design of a raft foundation for a 5 storey flat

This project is to design a mat foundation for a 5-storey flat, the project was design as a piled foundation. The objective of this project is redesign from pile foundation to a raft or mat foundation. In the key plan of the project, the base surface is not a proper square or rectangular shape. Bu...

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Main Author: Lee, Wei Ming
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2001
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22988/1/Design%20of%20a%20raft%20foundation%20for%20A%205%20storey%20flat%20%2824%20pgs%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22988/4/Lee%20Wei%20Ming.pdf
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Summary:This project is to design a mat foundation for a 5-storey flat, the project was design as a piled foundation. The objective of this project is redesign from pile foundation to a raft or mat foundation. In the key plan of the project, the base surface is not a proper square or rectangular shape. But it is a combination of multiple rectangular pieces of base surface shape. In order to make the design more economical, the base is dividing into 6 small rectangular bases. For the large individual rectangular bases cover whole building structure and the area is 584.6 m2 (6292.63 ft'). The total area of the 6 small bases is 384.05 m2 (4134.27 ft2) Therefore, division of the base is more economical in the sense of materials in used.