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TYPES OF FOUNDATION
TYPES OF FOUNDATION
a) Shallow Foundation System
i) Spread Foundation
ii) Mat / Raft Foundation
Ramp Is Bolted
Floor Decking
Installation
Completed Pier
CAISSON FOUNDATION
WHAT IS CAISSONS?
It’s a prefabricated hollow box or cylinder.
It is sunk into the ground to some desired
depth and then filled with concrete thus
forming a foundation.
Most often used in the construction of bridge
piers & other structures that require foundation
beneath rivers & other bodies of water.
This is because caissons can be floated to the
job site and sunk into place.
Basically it is similar in form to pile
foundation but installed using different way
used when soil of adequate bearing strength
is found below surface layers of weak
materials such as fill or peat.
It’s a form of deep foundation which are
constructed above ground level, then sunk
to
the required level by excavating or dredging
material from within the caisson.
A caisson foundation consists of concrete
columns constructed in cylindrical shafts
excavated under the proposed structural
column locations
Caissons are drilled to bedrock or deep into
the underlying strata if a geotech eng. find the
soil suitable to carry the building load.
It’s created by auguring a deep hole in the
ground.
Then, 2 or more ‘stick’ reinforcing bar are I
inserted into and run the full length of the
hole and the concrete is poured into the
caisson hole.
The caisson foundations carry the building
loads at their lower ends, which are often
bell-shaped.
Caissons
TYPES OF CAISSONS
Box Caissons
Excavated Caissons
Floating Caissons
Open Caissons
Pneumatic Caissons
Sheeted Caissons
Reinforced Concrete Caissons
Caissons
Caisson As One Of The Elements In This Structure
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