Dire Dawa Polytechnic College

Dep’t of Building Construction Technology

Assignment - 3
Q1. Design a combined footing supporting one exterior and one interior column. An exterior
column, 600 mm x 450 mm, with service loads of 860 kN (dead) and 680 kN (imposed) and an
interior column, 600 x 600 mm, with service loads of 1210 kN (dead) and 990 kN (imposed) are
to be supported on a trapezoidal footing that cannot projected beyond the outer face of the exterior
column. The columns are spaced at 5.80 m centers and positioned as shown in figure below. The
allowable bearing pressure of the soil is 240 kN/m2 and because of site constraints, the depth of
the footing is limited to 750 mm. Take a materials property for design purpose, fck = 30 N/mm2,
fyk = 420 N/mm2; and concrete cover = 50 mm

Q2. Design a stepped square isolated pad footing for a 700 x 500 mm column carrying a
characteristic permanent load Gk of 1210 kN and characteristic variable load Qk of 990 kN. The
presumed allowable bearing pressure of the non-aggressive soil is 200 kN/m2 and because of site
constraints the depth of the footing is limited to 1000 mm. Take a materials property for the design
purpose, fck = 30 N/mm2, fyk = 420 N/mm2; and concrete cover = 50 mm

Foundation Engineering [BCTe4027]

 Dire Dawa Polytechnic College
Dep’t of Building Construction Technology

Q3. Design a cantilever retaining wall to support a bank of earth 6 m high. The top surface
is horizontal behind the wall but it is subjected to a surcharge loads 15 kN/m (due to traffic load)
and 5 kN/m (due to pavement load) as shown in figure below. The unit weight of soil is 18 kN/m3.
Safe bearing capacity of soil is 200 kN/m2. Take the co-efficient of friction, μ between concrete
and soil as 0.6. The angle of internal friction,  is 30°. Take a materials property for the design
the wall, fck = 30 N/mm2, fyk = 420 N/mm2; and concrete cover = 50 mm

Foundation Engineering [BCTe4027]