1.1                   STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS

1.1.1                            GENERAL

The structural design of foundations should comply with the provisions of the Building (Construction) Regulations.

1.1.2                            DESIGN LOADS

The foundation of a building shall be designed to carry the working load with adequate factor of safety. Dead load, imposed load and wind load should be assessed

in accordance with the Code of Practice for Dead and Imposed Loads, Code of Practice on Wind Effects in Hong Kong and other relevant codes of practice. The imposed load should include buoyancy force and earth pressure. Buoyancy force should be assessed in accordance with clause 2.5.3. Earth pressure should be assessed by using recognized geotechnical engineering methods.

Where it is necessary to carry out foundation design based on a set of assumed loads, a detailed schedule of the assumed loads should be prepared and, before the commencement of the construction of the superstructure, it is necessary to demonstrate that the loads from detailed calculations of the superstructure do not exceed the assumed loads used in the foundation design.