Capital University of Science and Technology

Department of Civil Engineering

CE3333– Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
Complex Engineering Problem
Semester: Spring 2024 Max Marks: 10
Date: 2nd teaching week Submission Date: 7th teaching week (Monday)
Instructor: Engr. Iqbal Ahmad

1. Title
Design of foundation for proposed facility.

2. Project Details
Different tests including Standard Penetration Test (SPT) were carried out three years ago on a site in order
to determine the bearing capacity of the soil. The construction work, ground plus two stories building without
basement, at the site could not start due to some financial problems of the client. Now, the client wants to start
the project and add one basement to the initial plan as well. The geotechnical designer suggested some lab
testing just to augment the previous testing. Based on the previous testing and construction plan, shallow
foundation at suitable depth was recommended by the designer.

Being a geotechnical designer, you are required to perform the following tasks:

• Justify the authenticity of previous investigation report.

• Based on design parameters, find the bearing capacity.

• Propose a safe structural load based on the comparative analysis and bearing capacity.

• Recommend the suitable foundation type.

Do not forget to mention the references with any equation, correlation, graph and figure you are using in this
design in your final report.

3. Constraints
• Soil investigation report to be used for area within Pakistan.
• Bore hole depth should be at least 15 ft.

4. Deliverables
A well formulated report describing the complete process and methodology used for the design of bearing
capacity. The computation of different soil strength parameters from the N value should be presented in the report
along with the references.

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