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Shallow foundation, with lateral capacity [FOSSL]

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jcgomezz edited this page Jul 4, 2018 · 1 revision

The foundations are less than 1m deep below grade, and they have lateral capacity. Foundations with lateral capacity include tie-beams, foundation walls bracing in the direction of their lengths, inclined piles, piles or piers on wide spread footings, cantilevered or braced piles, and slabs on grade.

An example of a braced timber pile shallow foundation that has lateral capacity.

An example of a slab-on-grade shallow foundation that has lateral capacity.

Examples of braced timber pile foundations, New Zealand (Charleson).

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Extended GEM Building_taxonomy for Multi-risk assessment

1. DirectionDIRECTION

2. Material of Lateral Load Resisting System MAT_TYPE

3. Lateral-Load Resisting System LLRS

4. Height HEIGHT

5. Date of construction or retrofit DATE

6. Occupancy OCCUPCY

7. Shape of the Building Plan PLAN_SHAPE

7.1. Building Position within a Block POSITION

8. Structural Irregularity STR_IRREG

9. Non- Structural Exterior Walls/ Openings NONSTRCEXW

10. Roof ROOF

11. Floor FLOOR

12. Foundation FOUND

Expanding the former towards an Exposure Database for Multi-Hazard Risk Analysis EXP-MULTI-H-R-An

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