Progress Presentation for B. Tech.

Project
on
Geotechnical Design of Multistorey Underground Car Parking
System at MNNIT Allahabad campus
By
ASHUTOSH SINGH (20161004)
SATYENDRA YADAV (20161028)
SANJAY KUMAR SHARMA (20161068)
AMIT KUMAR (20161081)

Under the guidance of

Dr. V.P.SINGH

Department of Civil Engineering

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad
Prayagraj – 211004 (India)
Introduction:
In general, excavation means to loosen and take out materials
leaving space below ground. An excavation in soil or rock more than
15ft or 4.5m is called deep excavation.

Excavation in most situations nowadays is done by mechanical

means. However, the exact method to be adopted still depends upon
a number of factors:
1. Nature of subsoil – affect type of machine used and the necessity
of soil protection.
2. Size of excavation – affect type of machine used and method to
excavate.
3. Scale of work – large volume of excavation may involve
complicated phasing arrangement and work planning
4. Ground water condition – affect degree of protection (watertight
sheet piling or dewatering may required.)
 Objective:
To design earth retaining structure for required deep excavation and
foundation system for proposed structure.

Scope of Works:
• Functional planning
• Site selection
• Site investigation
• Preparation of structural plans and layouts
• Structural load calculation
• Planning and Design of proper earth retaining structure & Deep
excavation.
• Design of proper foundation system
Literature Review
Deep excavation
Deep excavation, unlike a shallow one, often requires to protect
the sides of cut using suitable support. Besides, the problem of
ground water cannot be avoided. There are methods to overcome
this, such as:

• Dumpling method
• Diaphragm walling
• Using cofferdams
• Sheet steel piling
Depth of Exploration
The object of site exploration is to provide reliable, specific and
detailed information about the soil and ground water condition
of the site.
Thumb Rules to Predict Depth of Exploration
Sl.
Type of Foundation Depth of Exploration
No.
Isolated spread footing One and a half times the
1
or raft width
Adjacent footing with
One and a half times, the length
2 clear spacing less than
of the footing
twice the width
10 to 30 meters or more, or to a
depth of one and a half
times the width of structure
3 Pile and well foundations
from the bearing level
(toe of pile or bottom of
well)

4 Floating basement Depth of construction

Details of work carried out:
• Plan of proposed parking
Details of plan of proposed parking:
Floor area = 10,000 m2
No. of floors = 4
Floor to floor height = 2.5m
Slope of ramp = 1:10
Width of ramp = 4m (one-way)
Basic stall width = 4.5 m
Basic stall length = 6 m
No. of parking spaces on each floor = 150
No. of handicapped parking spaces on each floor = 15
Distance of parking from administrative building = 10m

Depth and spacing of bore holes

• As our structure is fully floating type so required depth of bore hole
is 10m.
• For a compact building site covering an area of about 0.4 hectare
(i.e. 4000 m2), one bore hole or trial pit in each corner and one in
the centre (i.e. 5 boreholes in all) should be adequate.
So, theoretically we need approximately 13 bore holes but due to lack
of funds we will advance only two bore holes.
• Structural plan of car parking

1. FRONT VIEW

2. SIDE VIEW

Cross-sectional dimension of column = 600×600 mm

Cross-sectional dimension of beam = 300×600 mm
Thickness of slab = 150 mm
No. of columns = 121
• Load calculation
Assumptions:
• Live load of 40 pounds per square feet (1.92kN/m2) as per
IBC table 1607.1, item16
• Unit weight of soil = 18 kN/m3
1. Live load = 4×19,200 kN = 76,800 kN
2. Dead load
• Total column weight = 16,416 kN
• Total beam weight = 39,560 kN
• Total ramp load = 2,408 kN
• Total weight of floors = 1,25,000 kN
Total weight of structure =1,83,384 kN

Total load (DL+LL) = 2,60,184 kN

Total weight of excavated soil =10×10000×18=18,00,000 kN

∵ Weight of excavated soil > Total load of structure

∴ Structure is fully floating type.
Conclusions:
• We have drawn the floor plan and structural plan of car parking
and found the no. of parking space in each floor.
• We have selected the site behind the administrative building.
• As our structure is fully floating type, we will do site investigation
upto a depth of 10m.

References:
• Arora, K. R., “Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering",
standard publishers and distributors,2017
• Walker, Carl , “ Parking Structure Design Guidelines” prepared
for CCDC Boise, IDAHO,2016
• Khairunnur and Nuur Laily, “Multi Storey Car Parking”
• ICC : International Building Code, 2006

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