Foundation System: The Tower is founded on a 3700mm thick high performance reinforced concrete pile supported raft foundation at -7.55 DMD. The reinforced concrete raft foundation utilizes high performance Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) and is placed over a minimum 100mm blinding slab over waterproofing membrane, over at least 50mm blinding slab. The raft foundation bottom and all sides are protected with waterproofing membrane.
See figure above for the Raft Foundation System. The piles are 1500mm diameter, high performance reinforced concrete bored piles, extending approximately 45 meters below the base of the raft. All piles utilize self compacting concrete (SCC) with w/c ratio not exceeding 0.30, placed in one continuous concrete pour using the tremie method. The final pile elevations are founded at -55 DMD to achieve the assumed pile capacities of 3000Tonnes.
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| Raft Foundation System |
A robust cathodic protection system for both the bored piles and the raft foundation system protects the foundation and the reinforced concrete raft against the severe and corrosive environment (chloride and sulfate)
of the soil at the Burj Dubai site.
of the soil at the Burj Dubai site.
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| Layout of Raft Foundation System |
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