IS 12070 : 1987 Code of Practice for Design and Construction of Shallow Foundations on Rocks

UDC 624.121.388 : 624.151.5.04 : 006.76                       CED48

Reaffirmed 2020

1 Scope

1.1 This standard covers the design, construction and methods of estimating the safe bearing pressures of rocks for shallow foundations based on strength, allowable settlement and classification criteria.

2 References

IS 2 : 1960 Rules for rounding off numerical values

IS 1888 : 1982 Method of load test on soils

IS 2809 : 1972 Glossary of terms and symbols relating to soil engineering

IS 7317 : 1974 Code of practice for uniaxial jacking test for deformation modulus of rock

IS 11358 : 1986 Glossary of terms and symbols relating to rock mechanics