Ring Road. The toe needed to be anchored prior
to the excavation commencing in front of it.
Cores were drilled up to three meters through
the existing toe to insert new ground anchors to
restrain potential slip failure of the bank. A carefully
thought through detail was worked up to ensure
additional horizontal forces were not introduced
by the anchors thereby increasing the resultant
overturning moment of the wall.
The strong floor had stringent design criteria
dictated by the University, Structural Engineering
Professors to ensure accurate recording of
laboratory testing could be carried out from static
to dynamic load tests. The strong floor comprises
1, 25m thick reinforced raft with an array of 900
custom-made sleeves placed and cast with 2mm
of tolerance.
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LAND SURVEYOR’S REPORT
The landscape and construction surveying services
were provided by Jennings Goullee Thomson
(Cape Survey). Looking at the historical context of
the university, the process which followed included
the surveying of old buildings and structures in the
surrounding area. Taking the existing design into
consideration, the next step was to modernise the
current look of these buildings to match that of
the New Engineering Building. These additional
areas included the designing of temporary housing
as lecture theatres, workshops and pedestrian
movement during construction.
Once the site had been established, construction could begin. On completion of the
project, built drawings were designed and supplied
as PDF and DWG drawings.
Engineering Building