Location
New York, New York
Date
14 Apr 2004, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Abstract
The paper deals with settlement analysis of the foundation systems which currently support the Tower City Center located in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The project features the complete renovation of an old retail arcade and conversion of abandoned space in the Old Union Railroad Terminal. The major foundation system consists of a number of closely spaced spread footings bearing at varying elevations. A very small section of the development is supported by deep-seated belled caisson units. These foundations were originally installed during the late 1920's to support the construction of a proposed twenty-five story U-shaped building with a lower structure in the open space. However, due to reduced economic activity after 1929, the project was scaled back, and only one to three story buildings were constructed on these foundations. It was determined that, for the proposed development, the soils at the foundation bearing elevations should be capable of withstanding the expected maximum column loads. Therefore, the primary concern was not the soil's bearing capacity, but the total and differential settlements under the new design structural loading conditions. Theoretical settlements calculated for several key locations were compared with the actual field data developed over a period of eleven months.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2004 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Khosla, Vijay, "Settlements Under Changed Structural Loadings" (2004). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 7.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/5icchge/session01/7
Settlements Under Changed Structural Loadings
New York, New York
The paper deals with settlement analysis of the foundation systems which currently support the Tower City Center located in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The project features the complete renovation of an old retail arcade and conversion of abandoned space in the Old Union Railroad Terminal. The major foundation system consists of a number of closely spaced spread footings bearing at varying elevations. A very small section of the development is supported by deep-seated belled caisson units. These foundations were originally installed during the late 1920's to support the construction of a proposed twenty-five story U-shaped building with a lower structure in the open space. However, due to reduced economic activity after 1929, the project was scaled back, and only one to three story buildings were constructed on these foundations. It was determined that, for the proposed development, the soils at the foundation bearing elevations should be capable of withstanding the expected maximum column loads. Therefore, the primary concern was not the soil's bearing capacity, but the total and differential settlements under the new design structural loading conditions. Theoretical settlements calculated for several key locations were compared with the actual field data developed over a period of eleven months.
