IS 11233 : 1985 Code of practice for design and construction of radar antenna, microwave and TV tower foundations

1 Scope

1.1 This standard provides guidelines for the design andconstruction of reinforced concrete foundations for self-supportingtype radar antenna towers, microwave towers and TV towers.

Note - Grillage, brick and massive footings Prestressed concreteare not covered in this Code.

2 References

IS 2 :1960Rules for rounding off numerical values

IS 456 :1978Code of practice for plain andreinforced concrete

IS 1080 :1980 Code of practice for design andconstruction of shell foundations (otherthan raft, ring and shell)

IS 1893 :1975Criteria for earthquake resistantdesign of structures

IS 1905 :1985Code of practice for general structuralrequirements of foundations

IS 2809 :1972Glossary of terms and symbols relatingto soil engineering

IS 2590 : Part I :1981Code of practice for design andconstruction of raft foundations:Part 1 Design

IS 2911 : Part 1 : Sec 1 :1979 Code of practice for design andconstruction of pile foundations: Part 1 Concrete piles,Section 1 Driven cast in-sifu concretepilesSection 2 Bored cast in-situ pilesSection 3 Driven precast concrete pilesSection 4 Pre-cast bored piles

IS 2911 : Part 3 :1980Code of practice for design andconstruction of pile foundations:Part 3 Underreamed piles

IS 2911 : Part 4 :1985Code of practice for design andconstruction of pile foundations:Part 4 Load test on piles

IS 3764 :1966Safety code for excavation work

IS 4081 :1967Safety code for blasting and relateddrilling operations

IS 6403 :1981Code of practice for determination ofbearing capacity of prestressedfoundations

IS 9456 :1980Code of practice for design andconstruction of conical and hyperbolicparaboloidal types of shell foundations

IS 10270 :1982Guidelines for design and constructionof prestressed rock anchors

IS 11089 :1984Code of practice for design andconstruction of ring foundations