Question: A Five-story Reinforced Concrete Frame Residential Buildings, Will Be Built On A Site Where The Soils Are Expected To Be Of Poor Quality. The Building Will Have A 20 M 30 M Foot Print And Expected To Be Supported On Spread Footing. Located About 3.5m Below The Ground Surface. The Site Appears In Poor Condition, Bedrock About 25m. The Required Number …

Question: A Five-story Reinforced Concrete Frame Residential Buildings, Will Be Built On A Site Where The Soils Are Expected To Be Of Poor Quality. The Building Will Have A 20 M 30 M Foot Print And Expected To Be Supported On Spread Footing. Located About 3.5m Below The Ground Surface. The Site Appears In Poor Condition, Bedrock About 25m. The Required Number …

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A five-story reinforced concrete frame residential buildings, will be built on a site where the soils are expected to be of poor quality. The building will have a 20 m 30 m foot print and expected to be supported on spread footing. located about 3.5m below the ground surface. The site appears in poor condition, bedrock about 25m. the required number and depth of the borings. (1 Point) Table-/ Spacing exploratory borings for medium to heavy buildings. Structural footprint Area for Each Boring Subsurface Conditions Poor quality and / or erratic 200 2,000 Average 300 3,000 High quality and uniform 700 7,000 Table-2 Depths of exploratory borings for buildings on shallow foundations. Minimum Depth of Rorius Subsurface Conditions (S = number of stories and D = the anticipated depth of the foundation) (m) (f) Poor and/or erratic 2007+D Average 5507+D 1550D 10547 High quality and uniform 6502 3547+D Two borehole each depth 19 m Two borehole each depth 22 m Three borehole each depth 22 m Three borehole each depth 13 m These borehole cach depth 19 m