PRESENTATION ON MAT FOUNDATION

DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION
CE-200
Group-03, 2nd Year, 2nd

Compiled By
Semester, Section-C, Department of Civil Engineering,

AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Contributed By Md Abdul Aahad (GL) (12-01-03-104)

Monisha Podder Puja (12-01-03-110)
Arafat Chowdhury (12-01-03-116)
Sabrina Zissan Rafa (12-01-03-124)
Md. Mahbub Al Muhaimin (12-01-03-129)
Md. Abu Bakar Siddik (12-01-03-136)
Sabrina Mehenaz (12-01-03-144)
Tanvir Alam Khan (12-01-03-149)
Alamin Bhuiyan Ashraf (12-01-03-154)
Amit Kumar Baral (11-01-03-016)

CONTENTS
Definition Of Mat Or Raft Foundation
Reasons For MAT Foundation
Types Of Mat Or Raft Foundation
Procedure Flow Chart
Plan & Sectional View
Visited Sites
Constructing A Mat Foundation
Advantages & Disadvantages
Conclusion

MAT FOUNDATION
A foundation system in which essentially the entire building is
placed on a large continuous footing.
Usually large concrete slab supporting many columns.
Commonly used as foundation for official or commercial spaces,
residential buildings, chimneys & large machinery.
It is a flat concrete slab, heavily reinforced with steel, which
carries the downward loads of the individual columns or walls.

Reasons For Mat Foundation

The spread footings cover over 50% of the foundation area

because of large column loads.
The soil is soft with a low bearing capacity.
When the expenses of deep foundation is higher then raft
foundation.

TYPES OF MAT

Two-way Beam & Slab

Flat Plate Thickened

Under Column

Flat Plate with

Pedestals

Pile Mat

Flat Plate Mat

Rigid Frame Mat

PROCEDURE FLOW CHART

Sectional Design of a Mat Foundation

MAIN BEAM
R C C SLAB
PCC BED
Sectional View
COLUMN

MAIN BEAM

SECONDARY
BEAM

Plan View

Visited Sites

Aine Properties, Mirpur-11,

Dhaka

Arham Engineers Limited, Uttara, Dhaka

Euro Bangla Real Estate, Mouchak,
Dhaka

Soil Test

Bearing capacity of soil;

Soil classification;
Ground water level;
Moisture content;
Appropriation & depth of Mat.

Shoring
o Shoring is commonly used when installing the foundation;
o Shoring support the surrounding loads until the
underground levels of the building are constructed.
o Can be of 3 types: Pile shore, steel sheet shore and
timber shore.

Log Shore

Pile Shore

Steel Shore

Figures of Shoring

Water Proofing
A layer provided over shoring
to prevent moisture;
Cement mortar or steel sheet
layer over shoring;
Cement mortar layer is
extended over wire mesh.

Earthwork Excavation

# Partial & Full Excavation is

required before the Bracing,
Strutting, BFS & Placement of
Reinforcement etc

Strutting & Bracing

A horizontal support for the
boundary shores during
excavation and foundation;
Depends on the depth of
foundation;
Also known as horizontal
shores.

King Post
Strut & Brace

Strutting at First & Second Phase

Layer of cement
concrete over BFS.

Layer of bricks
on the earth

Placing of
Reinforcement
A batch of horizontal reinforcement
placing;
Another batch of reinforcement
placement to complete the bottom
mesh;
Column rod placement;
Vertical rod (chair) placement over
bottom mesh to hold the upper
mesh;
Upper mesh placement.

Joint Between Column footing

& Mat Mesh

Placed Reinforcement for Mat

Mesh

Joint Between the

reinforcements of Column
& Mat Mesh

Reinforcement
Selection
60~72.5 Graded
12mm~25mm

90/135 Hook

Chair

CLEAR COVER

Casting
Start from one end;
Layer basis casting;
Side basis casting.

RCC in Mat Mesh

Casting in Mat Slab

Leveling

After casting the whole Mat area leveling is

essential to be ensured that the thickness of
the mat slab is same all over the area.

Advantages & Disadvantages

Advantages

Raft or Mat foundation is economic due to combination of foundation and floor s

It requires little excavation.
It can cope with mixed or poor ground condition.
It reduces differential settlement.

Disadvantages
Mat foundation requires specific treatment for point loads.
Edge erosion occurs if not treated properly.

CONCLUSION
This presentation is based on the observations on Mat
Foundation in various sites & meeting with concerned
Engineers & Workers.
The principal objective of this Presentation is to learn about
Mat Foundation practically with structural view.
Besides Mat Foundation we were able to learn other major &
minor parts of a construction.

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