STRUCTURAL

ANALYSIS
April 15
AND
FOUNDATION
DESIGN FOR
4B+G+20
BUILDING

THESIS
Group Members
Simret Aklilu ATE/4911/07
PROPSAL
Rahawa Aregay ATE/4478/07
Senshaw Asrat ATE/4823/07
Messay Bedada ATE/4073/07
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THESIS PROPSAL
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Background

Our country is in the process of Development. One of this Developmental fruit is the
Construction of high-rise Buildings at the major cities. A few Decades ago most of the buildings height
was not more than an Average Height, but now a days we are capable of constructing High-rise
buildings. This is considered as an asset and icon for the cities. Although it needs a bunch of engineering
knowledge’s, Geotechnical engineering is one of those professions. This demand causes for great
concern on the future safety of those who use this buildings on their day to day life, regarding to the
load baring capacity of the soil and determination of sufficient foundation condition.

Our planet is created with many nonstop and time dependent Geological changes. Those
changes results heterogeneous soil types with different responses when load is applied on it. Some of
the materials beneath the ground are rock, silt, clay, sand, minerals and alluvial which have different
load baring capacity. That`s why before construction the Geotechnical Engineers are concerned to
assess the ground condition of any construction sites.

Through time Engineers develop a chain of soil test mechanisms and analytical formulas to
determine the baring capacity of any soil type. At the result determining the sufficient foundation type
and size regarding to the given project load. Isolated footing, combined footing, mat foundation are
options for shallow foundations pile foundation is also for deep foundation. The following proposal
outlines for Structural Analysis and Foundation design for 4B+G+20 building located at the capital city,
Addis Ababa.

General Objective

 Compare foundation types on Sandy SILT with Gravel soli layer on Very Dense CLAY soil:
Such as combined, mat and pile footings for 4B+G+20 building by considering all applied
action loads.

Scope of the Research

 The main concern of this thesis is to compare foundation types for 4B+G+20 building and it
focus on today`s solutions with respect to their cohesiveness, unit weight of each soil layers
and water table.
 The design is based on ETABS data output collected from the analysis and with the use of
the new EBCS or Euro Code using SAFE for shallow foundation designs and GEO5 for deep
foundation design.

Methodology

 Create the building model on ETABS for analysis and collect the data some parts might
need hand calculation.
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 Perform analyses of the building and know all action Forces that needs to transferred to
the ground.
 Such as: wind load, Earthquake, self weight of the building and Live load
 Based on the soil report determine the baring capacity of the soil. Select appropriate
foundation type and any remedial majors to be taken regarding to the soil type.
 Design the intended foundation by applying any necessary Euro Code also Design the
foundation with the aid of SAFE and Geo5 software’s.
 Determine the size and depth of the foundation without any settlement that can result
any stability issues for the structure.

Work Schedule

No. Task Due Date Remark

1 Submission of Thesis Proposal April 19 ,2019 submit to respective advisor

Signed by the advisor and submit to

2 Submission of Progress Report No. 01 May 03,2019
the Extension coordinator

Signed by the advisor and submit to

3 Submission of Progress Report No. 02 May 17,2019
the Extension coordinator
Signed by the advisor and submit to
4 Submission of Progress Report No. 03 May 31,2019
the Extension coordinator

Signed by the advisor and submit to

5 Submission of Progress Report No. 04 June 14,2019
the Extension coordinator

6 Submission of Draft report to your advisor June 21,2019 01 copy

Collect comments before June 24,2019 from
7 advisor on the draft report then submit June 28,2019 02 copies
Final Report
8 Defense of Thesis July 03-06, 2019
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Cost

1. Purchase active version of software’s 200 birr.

2. Print and copy 300 birr.

References

[1] BRAJA M.DAS, of Foundation Engineering, 6 th Edition

[2] Muni Budhu, Soil mechanics and foundation, 3rd Edition

[3] Mr .Petros Fekadu, Foundation Engineering A-Z

[4] Joseph E.Bowels, Foundation analysis and design, 5th Edition