EFFECTIVE FOUNDATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ON VARIED FIELD CONDITIONS

Abstract

This study examines the evolution of a site investigation work in Brasov county that will build an industrial building with one level and partially with two of them. Foundation soil is different. Estimated settlements led to differential subsidence of about 0.0025 between the eastern and western areas of the study site. Although theoretically we can calculate sizes of foundations so that the resulting settlements fall within acceptable limits two alternatives were proposed to improve the subsoil: a general ballast blanket - or a local ballast blanket under the roof pillars, a local improvement with columns of granular material which is carried out by tamping.