Drwg Title- R.C.C.

DETAIL OF BOX CULVERT mkd “BC-1”

DOCUMENT NO. TB-411-607-610
REVISION NO: 0

SL. No. Reference IOCL Comments dtd.: 13.11.2020 TCE Comments dtd.: 17.11.2020 BHEL REPLY 26-11-20 TCE REPLY 01-12-20
The no. of trays indicated in the drawing is 6 nos. with 3 nos. on each side. Kindly
confirm whether this qnatity is sufficient considering the fact that 30 % spare
capacity is to be ensured inline with clause 24.10 of Section-1 Chapter-2 of tender
specification requirements. This has to be confirmed through submission of the The no. of trays are provided as per approved electrical drawing. NOTED
calculation basis considering the no. of power and control cables and their OD
values.
The tray quantification must also comply the requirement of 4.2.6(bullet point-5)
of Section-3 Chapter-13 of the tender. Please confirm. The no. of trays are provided as per approved electrical drawing. NOTED

Top slab of RCC box culvert should be precast removable type with provision of The BOX culvert top slab cant be provided removable type as it is subjected to
NOTED
lifting hook. tranformer transportatiion load with rail fixed at top.
Span of box culvert is 2.6m, clear depth of wall is 1.3m and length is 5.2m as per
the enclosed drawing. Please check this culvert is only for electrical cable trench or
other piping also to be crossed. Span of box culvert shall be designed such a way to width of box culvert is provided matching with the cable trench width NOTED
keep some future provision for piping. So, some provision of sleeper support shall
be provided.
Please provide the roadway width where this culvert is to be constructed. The This culvert is not for trench crossing road. This is for trench crossing rail cum road.
length of culvert shall be more than the roadway width.  The plan details already provided NOTED
The proposed rail of transformer shall be inserted into the precast removable slab.  Removable slabs are not to be provided for box culverts. NOTED

The elevation of top slab of the box culvert is 400mm from FGL. This seems to be at The road/rail top is at 400mm above FGL. The same is required to be maintained for Noted, Please note that Top level of continuous cable trench is 375mm, that will
higher side as proper road slope to be maintained at both ends.  keeping the rail top at one level above FGL creat 25mm undulations. Please note and comply.

Grade of concrete shall be considered as design mix M25 and grade of steel shall
be considered as Fe500D. The M20 grade of concete is provided as per specification. NOTED
As per the design, the FOS for uplift is 1.33. To increase upto 1.5, dead load of kindly Refer clause 7.2 (b) 1 of IS 3370 part I for FOS in uplift case
NOTED
culvert can be increased by increasing the thickness of footing of culvert. 

Introduce at least 25mm gap in between the Box culvert and ordinary cable trench to
Plan view Noted. The expansion joint is provided as per specification. NOTED
avoid unnecessary load transfer.

Section 1-1 Check the clearance of 300 mm between top slab and first tray support Checked by Electrical and found in order. NOTED

For Top slab

Section 1-1 * Please provide same reinforcement at top and bottom layers Noted & updated NOTED
** Please follow the recommendation in design calculation while providing.

Detail-A Rail detail should match with the data in Transformer drawing Noted. The same is provided NOTED

General Please recheck and incorporate as per comments in design calculations. Noted & updated NOTED
Drwg Title- DESIGN OF BOX CULVERT mkd “BC-1”
DOCUMENT
NO. TB-411-607-027
REVISION NO: 0

SL. No. Reference TCE Comments dtd.: 17.11.2020

Recheck this calculation of Triangular earth pressure and rectangular earth pressure as
1 Lateral Pressure calculation mentioned

2 Lateral Pressure calculation Please recheck the design for the case HFL at FGL also.

3 Effect of 100MVA Transformer Transformer Load not matching with the data in Transformer GA drawing, Please recheck.
Load

Effect of 100MVA Transformer Live load surcharge to be considered not less than 2 T/m2 for road crossing with heavy
4 Load vehicle load.

Calculation for Selfweight of

5 Calculation for the Selfweight of Side Walls of Culvert to be revised as mentioned
Culvert & Overburden

6 Calculation for Selfweight of Please do the bearing capacity check by considering the whole structure
Culvert & Overburden

7 Check for Uplift Calculation for check for uplift may be revised as mentioned

8 STAAD input Please check, soil load (in dead load) has not considered in eligible plates

9 STAAD input Please check the calculation for soil pressure in dead load

10 STAAD input Live load surcharge and cable weight to be considered in vertical pressure in dead load

11 STAAD input The lateral load in STAAD input to be revised w.r.t. above comments.

Please provide justification for consideration of the load factors. It should be 1.5 for all
12 STAAD input
combinations.

In Addition to providing shear reinforcement in top slab, it recommended to increase the

13 Top slab design main reinforcement to bring the value of tc more closer the tv for as much as possible.
Please check the recommendation and revise accordingly.