Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133411898
Author: Donald P. Coduto, William A. Kitch, Man-chu Ronald Yeung
Publisher: PEARSON
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A five-story office building is to be built on a site underlain by moderately uniform soils. Bedrock is at a depth of over 200 m. This building will be 50 m wide and 85 m long, and the foundations will be founded at a depth of 1 m below the ground surface. Determine the required number and depth of the exploratory borings.
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