Pier foundation & Well

foundation
 1) Pier foundation

 Cylindrical column of large diameter

 Supports and transfers large super imposed loads to the
firm strata below
 Load bearing type only
 Shallower in depth than pile foundation
 Preferred in location where the top strata consists of
decomposed rock overlying a strata of sound rock
 Types
 Masonry or concrete pier

 Drilled caissons
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Good bearing strata
exists up to 5m
below ground level
Foundation piers
are constructed in
excavated pits
Size and spacing
depends upon the
depth of hard bed,
nature of overlying
soil and super
imposed loads
a) Masonry or concrete pier
Compressed member
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subjected to an axial load
at the top and reaction at
the bottom
Drilled with the
mechanical means
Types
 Concrete caisson with
enlarged bottom
(drilled caisson of
concrete)
 Caisson of steel pipe
with concrete filled in
the pipe
 Caisson with concrete
and steel core in steel b) Drilled caissons
pipe
Box like structures Well foundation
Circular or rectangular
Sunk from the surface
of either land or water
to the desired depth
Much larger in
diameter than the pier
foundation or drilled
caissons
Hollow from inside
which may be filled
with sand and plugged
Load is transferred
through the perimeter
wall called steining
Not used for buildings
Where is it
used ???
Bridge piers and
abutments in rivers
Wharves ,quay walls,
docks
Break water and
other structures for
shore protection
Large water front
structures such as
pump houses
subjected to heavy
vertical and
horizontal loads
Types
Circular wells

Dumb bell

Double-D wells

Double Octagonal wells

Single and Double

rectangular wells

Multiple Dredged holed

wells
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