Building

Construction I

LECT. AR. PRADIP POKHAREL

LECTURE: 5B DEEP FOUNDATION

 FORMS OF CONSTRUCTION

Most common forms of construction pertaining to deep

foundations are:

• PileFoundation (more commonly used in building

construction)

• Cofferdams

• Caisson or Well Foundation

 COFFERDAMS
Cofferdams may be defined as a temporary structure
constructed in a river or a lake or any other water bearing
surface for excluding water form a given site to enable the
building operation to be performed on dry surface.

Bridge Bhairab, Bangladesh

 COFFERDAMS

Cofferdam for bridge foundations

 TYPES OF COFFERDAM

➢ Cofferdams may on the materials used during

construction: be divided into the following
category based
✓ Earthen cofferdam.
✓ Rock fill cofferdam.

✓ Single-walled cofferdam

✓ Double-walled cofferdam.

✓ Crib V

✓ Cellular cofferdam.(Circular or diaphragm type)

TYPES OF COFFERDAM

Earthen cofferdam.
TYPES OF COFFERDAM
TYPES OF COFFERDAM

Rockfilled cofferdam.
TYPES OF COFFERDAM
TYPES OF COFFERDAM

Single-walled cofferdam
TYPES OF COFFERDAM
TYPES OF COFFERDAM

Double-walled cofferdam
TYPES OF COFFERDAM
TYPES OF COFFERDAM

Crib cofferdam
TYPES OF COFFERDAM

Timber crib cofferdam

TYPES OF COFFERDAM

Cellular cofferdam
TYPES OF COFFERDAM

Diaphragm type cellular cofferdam

 CASSIONS

➢ Caissons are water light structures made up of

wood, steel or reinforced concrete, constructed in
connection with excavation for foundations of
bridges, piers, abutments in river and lake dock
structure fore shore protection etc.
➢ The caisson remains in its pose and ultimately
becomes as integral parts of the permanent
structure.
 TYPES OF CAISSONS

➢ Caissoncan be broadly classified into the

following three types:
✓Open Caisson
✓Box Caisson (Floating Caisson)

✓Pneumatic Caisson
 TYPES OF CAISSONS

Open caisson with dredging wells

TYPES OF CAISSONS
TYPES OF CAISSONS

Box caisson
 TYPES OF CAISSONS

Pneumatic caisson

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