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Foundation

Thesoilhasbeenidentifiedanditisvariantcomplexsoilunit77.EngineeringIndexProperties
ofthesoilfromUnitedStatesDepartmentofAgriculture(USDA)texturehastwokindsofsoilwhich
arethesiltloamandthefinesandyloam.Thedifferencebetweensilt,loamandsandyloamisthe
percentagepassingthenumber200Sieve.Also,thesandyloamhasasiltyhighersandcontactandthe
depthfrostsieveis36in.Thefoundationisgoingtobeplacedinthefinesandyloam.(Alshammari)
Therearethreekindsoffoundationsthatwillbeconsideredwhichare:
1. Thepile
2. Spreadfooting
3. TheGeosyntheticReinforcedSoilIntegratedBridgeSystem
1) Thepile
Itisalongslenderfoundationmemberwhichispreparedbytimber,steelandconcrete.Itis
constructedasdrivenpilesorcastinsitupiles.Itisusedtotransfertheloadfromstructuretorequired
depthindeepfoundation.Ithasverygoodloadcarryingcapacity.Vertical,lateralorbothloadsare
carriedbythepiles.

Figure14.Thepile(Iamcivilengineering.com)
2) TheSpreadFooting
Itisrectangularinshapeandismadefromconcrete.Ithaslargecrossdimensionsfromthe
constructingwallorcolumnitsupport.Thistypeoffoundationisusedtodistributetheloadfromwalls
orcolumntothesubgrade.

Figure15.TheSpreadFooting(dictionaryofconstruction.com)
3) GeosyntheticReinforcedSoilIntegratedBridgeSystem(GRSIBS)
Itisatypeofbridgethatusesalternatinglayersofcompactedgranularfillandgeosynthetic
reinforcementtosupportthebridge.Thebridgeconsistsofthreemaincomponents:thereinforcedsoil
foundation,theabutment,andtheintegratedapproach.Thistypeofbridgeisanewinnovationthatis
costeffective,easytoconstruct,andmoretoleranttosettlement.(Daniel,2016)

Figure16.GRSIBS(larsondesigngroup.com)
DecisionMatrix(Alqahtani)(Daniel,2016)
Eachdesignwillberatedbasedonthefollowingcriteria:
1. Aestheticsoveralllookofthebridge.
2. Constructabilityoveralleaseofbuildingthebridge.
3. Costinitial/longtermoverallcostofthebridge.
4. Maintenancefrequencyofneededrepairsandothermaintenanceonbridge.
5. Safetyprotectionagainstearthquakes,wind,etc.
6. Accesseaseofaccessingtobuild.
Eachdesignwasratedonourcurrentthoughtsandwillupdateasweknowmore.Eachwas
ratedfrom1to5and5beingthebest.(Daniel,2016)
Table1:RatingSystem
Rate
1
2
3
4
5

Meaning

Definition

VeryPoor
Poor
Average
Good
VeryGood

Veryworstincategoryrelatively.
Justbelowaverageincategoryrelatively.
Averageincategoryrelatively.
Justaboveaverageincategoryrelatively.
Verybestincategoryrelatively.

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