BUILDING INTEGRITY | DEA SUMMARY REPORT
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SUPPLIER NAME
Surma Garments Washing and Finishing Building
UNITS AUDITED
02 storied wash plant building
SUPPLIER ADDRESS
PLOT NO-20, SECTOR-2, CEPZ, CHITTAGONG
AUDIT DATE
November, 2014
AUDIT PERFORMED BY
Environment & Infrastructure Management Solution (EIMS)
AUDIT TEAM
4 team members consisting of structural engineer.
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BUILDING OVERVIEW
Item
Building Usage Type
Structure System
No of Stories / Floor area
Floor Load:
Design drawing
Foundation Type
Soil Report
Description
Wash plant
RC beam column framing
Two storied / Total building area approx. 22,050 sft
Ground floor: Washing section, QC section, chemical store, and
compressor room and office area;
1st floor: : Lamination section of shoe unit;
Available
Individual shallow footing and combined shallow footing
Available
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGY
Detailed Engineering Analysis (DEA) as Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC)
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DETAILED CONTENT
EVALUATION AND TEST…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ................................................................................................. 2&3
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGY................................................................................................ 3
EVALUATION AND TEST
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Destructive and Non Destructive Test
o Evaluation of concrete strength from core test.
o Verification of Rebar of structural members by Ferro Scanning
Analysis of structural adequacy
Assessment of Foundation
Evaluation of Column
Evaluation of Beams
Evaluation of Slabs
CONCLUSIONS:
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We found equivalent strength of concrete 4,668 psi according to ACI 562.
All slabs were found adequate considering BNBC 2006 load combinations (considering live load
63 psf as well as 42 psf).
Considering all the load combinations of BNBC 2006 (i.e. gravity and lateral load) and the
concrete strength suggested by ACI 562, 35 columns were found overstressed considering live
load 63 psf (see details in Chapter-4) and those are overstressed in seismic loading combination
only. The number of columns need to be retrofitted might be changed after the retrofitting
design.
All beams are adequate considering BNBC 2006 with 63 psf live load.
Considering BNBC recommended live load 63 and 42 psf, all the individual footings were found
adequate (factor of safety more than 1.5). Mat foundation is adequate for punching shear
considering 63 psf live load. It is also found that minimum reinforcement has been given in mat
foundation.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
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The DEA study team of EIMS hereby recommended that rectification design should be carried
out to strengthen overstressed members (due to lateral load; earth quake load) found in this
study to comply with BNBC 2006.
We recommend to relocate heavy storage (more than 100 psf) from overloaded locations of 1st
floor immediately.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGY
Specification for Detail Structural Assessment
Structural Analysis will be carried on according to BNBC (1993) and ACI code.
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Testing of Materials:
Sub-soil Investigation
Core/Pullout/CAPO Test (Destructive Test) for Concrete Strength
UPV (Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity) Test (Non-destructive Test) for Concrete Strength
Ferro-Scanning in Column, Beam and Slab for Rebar Detection.
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Investigation of Foundations
 Foundation Explorations
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Structural Evaluation (Design check):
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Analysis of sub-soil investigations report
Development of computer simulated model
Checking of structural stability and geometry
Checking adequacy of foundation i.e. pile & pile cap or footing/raft
Checking of lateral load resistance capacity of the Building
Design check for soft story & Dynamic Load
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