Title:
Designers: Pay Attention To Slabs On Grade
Author(s):
Barry E. Foreman
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
18
Issue:
1
Appears on pages(s):
47-48
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DOI:
Date:
1/1/1996
Abstract:
Those of us who are structural engineers primarily engaged in the design of new buildings are also involved in floor slab construction. In addition, structural repair and forensic engineering projects, especially those involving slab-on-grade repair and evaluation, have been increaseing in recent years. Why has this work been increasing and adding to the profits of my company? Probably because the majority of those who design floors do not pay the required amount of attention to the proper design of a slab on grade. A number of questions that I believe need to be addressed are asked here.