BFC 43103 - FOUNDATION ENGINEERING

GROUP PROJECT (SEM 1 2018/2019)

DESIGN OF FOUNDATION

PROJECT TASK
Working in team, obtain the related information on topic chosen by your Project Director.
Critically examine and perform the following aspects for every case:
1. Obtain a borelog and identify its characteristics. Each group should obtain a borelog of
different location.
2. Identify the project (school building) to be designed and the site.
3. Determine the load to be carried by every column.
4 Study and analyse the given soil profile.
5. Find out other properties if you need them.
6. Justify the design considerations, bearing capacity and settlement.
7. Design of foundation - shallow or deep? Please justify.
8. Any soil improvement prior to foundation construction?
9. Special considerations in construction, if any.
10. Comments.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. It is an exercise of team work and coordination in carrying out a study within a given time
frame.
2. Students are trained to relate knowledge acquired from lectures with a real-life situation
by critically assessing and learning from past cases.
3. Students are encouraged to engage in engineering practice professionally.

REPORTS
1. Group report: Hard and soft copy.
2. In English
3. Content: Description of the project, all in the project task above, references.
PRESENTATION
1. By team presentation/interview
2. Every member in the team must participate
3. In English

DUE DATE
1. Report and presentation in week 13.

PROJECT REPORT
Front page must reflect Professional Technical Design Report.
With name and logo of your of own consultant team.
1. Members of the consultant team.
2. Content of the report.
3. Project brief.
4. Calculation of loads at every column.
5. Grouping of loads
6. Design of foundations (Calculations) - in engineering design format
7. Checking of settlements (Calculations) - in engineering design format
8. Comments
9. Drawings: All drawing must follow engineering design format.
1. Architectural drawing
2. Engineering drawing
3. Loads at every column
4. Soil profile (Showing all the properties)
5. Drawings showing all foundation (Plan, Front elevation, side elevation)
10. References: Books, Design manual, Codes of practice, Standars, etc.)