thanks a lot. Appreciate your support!

Thanks Zee

Thanks for the feedback Luke. Good luck on your journey. Don't forget to have fun. Cheers

thanks my friend

Hi Nacer...what about steel beam and floor joists would you like to know? I have a video on how to design a steel beam on the channel

Thanks for the support Thilan

Thanks Marcos

Yeah. I will put it on the to do list :)

My interpretation is that strip footings are usually for masonry walls and they run underneath the slab (tied or not to the slab). A raft would be a single stiff element. This is how I see it.

I would up to N32 at least. The price won't change much and you will have a better finished product. SL82 mesh, but SL81 is ideal. Cure the slab with plastic for 7 days. Top cover around 35mm. Have a look at CCAA polished concrete guidelines if you're unsure.

@@bengthebrazilianengineerinAus Thank you and i'll get you to do the engineering for this when we are doing the plans. With my best wishes, NIrosh

@@joshkwd8527 Sounds good Josh. Looking forward to it. Feel free to reach out to me anytime.

@@bengthebrazilianengineerinAus I will do for sure bro, I am Deigo's friend btw - small world!

Hi Kasun. I will add to the list for sure. Thanks for the suggestion

Send me an email and I will send it to you

typically 2 pours and the blinding layer can be of lower concrete grade (refer to your engineering drawings). vapours can be above. What type of soil do you have?

@@bengthebrazilianengineerinAus great thank you. Class M, But soft fill is observed top 1m...

@@ningchen6242 footing depths are typically between 300 and 400 for class M depending on the type of construction. I would have done some backhoe pits or piers to go through the fill. The blinding layer works as well, but you may end up using more concrete.

@@bengthebrazilianengineerinAusvery much appreciated your reply. if I go with bore pier, what spacing it should be normally?

@@ningchen6242 It's specific to each project. I would ask your engineer. I can't give you advice on that on KZfaq.

Will do. Thanks for the suggestion

Thanks for the support

Hi mate, firstly you need to look at the soil test and understand why the site has been classified as P. It could be due to presence of trees, soft soils etc. Class P may not necessarily be bad. Possibly the expected surface movement of you site is for class M, hence the reason your engineer designed the M-class slab. If you are unsure, email your engineer.

@@bengthebrazilianengineerinAus Bit concern about having M-class slab design by structural engineer on a p class site, usually seen them specifying H class slab. Interestingly the block behind mine has the same model house (80% completed) has H class slab but for ours the same engineer specified M-class. Read few horror stories about slab heave and our warranties is only 6 years. What are the preventative measures that can be taken to avoid slab heave issues? Read that concrete apron around does help? Thanks mate, your video was very informative. As an engineer myself, I appreciate & feels good when educating people on fundamentals which can help them in real life.

@@rsg5850 Not a problem. Happy to help. If you google "minimizing foundation movement QLD" or something in this line you may find good guidelines

@@bengthebrazilianengineerinAus legend! Is there a standard in Australia for the design life of structure and foundation for residential build?