EXCAVATION, FOUNDATION AND FOOTINGS

Question 1

excavation under this category are those construction having independent footing and hollow block wall footing where the digging of the soil for the footing extend to a depth from 1.00 to 1.50 meter and about half a meter depth for the wall footing

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minor excavation

Question 2

the typical depth range for digging soil for independent footings in minor excavation

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1.00 - 1.50 meter

Question 3

How deep is the excavation for hollow block wall footings in minor excavation?

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about half a meter deep

Question 4

building construction that requires wide or total extraction of the soil

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major excavation

Question 5

refers to the temporary molds into which concrete is poured to achieve the desired shape and structure. It supports the concrete until it gains sufficient strength to stand on its own.

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formworks

Question 6

a temporary structure used to support workers and materials during the construction, maintenance, or repair of buildings and other structures.

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scaffolding

Question 7

involves the use of temporary platforms or structures to support formwork or workers during construction. It is often used to provide access to higher levels of a building or to support formwork for concrete slabs and beams.

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staging

Question 8

temporary framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself

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falsework

Question 9

its function is to transfer the structural loads from a building safely into the ground

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foundation

Question 10

is the above the ground portion of the building

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superstructure

Question 11

is the habitable below ground portion

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substructure

Question 12

three major parts of a building

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superstructure
substructure
foundation

Question 13

three types of substructure

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slab on fill
crawl space
basement

Question 14

two basic types of foundation

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shallow foundation
deep foundation

Question 15

are those that transfer the load to the earth at the base of the column or wall of the substructure

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shallow foundation

Question 16

transfer the load at a point far below the substructure

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deep foundation

Question 17

is that portion of the foundation of the structure, which directly transmits the column load to the underlying soil, or rock footing is the lower portion of the foundation structure

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footing

Question 18

refers to the soil or rock directly beneath the footing

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foundation bed

Question 19

when a foundation bed is too weak to support a raft footing; when the soil mass directly below the construction is not suitable for the direct bearing of footings

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pile foundation

Question 20

a structural member of small cross-sectional area w/ reasonable length driven down the ground by means of hammers

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pile

Question 21

distribute the load of the column or wall equally among the piles

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pile cap

Question 22

is similar to a column footing in that is spreads the load from a column over a large enough area of soil

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caissons

Question 23

that part of the building foundation, which forms the permanent retaining wall of the structure below grade

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foundation wall

Question 24

that part of the foundation system that supports the exterior wall of the superstructure and bears directly on the column footing

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grade beam

Question 25

a reinforced concrete wall which resist overturning by the use of cantilever footing

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cantilever wall

Question 26

a wall capable of supporting an imposed load

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bearing wall

Question 27

footing are classified into two types

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wall footing
strip footing

Question 28

Types of column footing

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Isolated or independent footing
Combined footing
Continuous footing
Raft or mat footing

Question 29

A kind of footung represents the simplest and most economical type

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Isolated or independent footing

Question 30

Isolated footing in the form of:

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Square block footing
Square slope footing
Square stepped footing

Question 31

Used when two or more columns are spaced closely to each other that their footing will almost or completely merge

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Combined footing

Question 32

Combined footing, in the form of:

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Rectangular
Trapezoidal

Question 33

Sometimes classified as wall footing which support several columns in a row

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Continuous footing

Question 34

Continuous footing, in the form of:

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Inverted slab footing
Inverted tee footing

Question 35

It occupies the entire area beneath the structure and carries the wall and the column loads

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Raft or mat footing