A twenty story hospital building with a 200 ft x 270 ft

Last updated: 11/8/2023

A twenty story hospital building with a 200 ft x 270 ft footprint is to be built on a site underlain by fill over glacial sands The building will have a 25 ft deep basement and will probably be supported on either a mat foundation located 5 ft below the bottom of the basement or a deep foundation extending about 100 ft below the bottom of the basement The groundwater table is about 30 ft below the ground surface and bedrock is about 165 ft below the ground surface There are no accessibility problems at this site a How many exploratory borings will be required as per NYC Code and to what depths should they be drilled b How would you obtain groundwater data Explain your answer