Insulated Slab-on-Grade foundation, A Design Guide for Rural, Northern and First Nations Housing

Insulated Slab-on-Grade foundation, A Design Guide for Rural, Northern and First Nations Housing. (теплоизолированный плитный фундамент на грунте) 23 pages, 1998 BUCHAN, LAWTON, PARENT LTD, Consulting Engineers 30 East Beaver Creek Road, #210, Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1G6 This publication has been developed by the Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation (OFNTSC), with financial assistance from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). We would like to acknowledge the following people for their contribution in the development and review of this publication: Buchan, Lawton, Parent Ltd. Guy Titley, Dow Chemical Canada Inc. Michael Shirlaw, Portland Cement Association Oliver Drerup, CMHC REIC (Consulting) Ltd. The McLeod Associates Introduction Purpose of this Guide Slab-on-grade foundations are gaining increasing interest across Canada and hold considerable potential for rural, northern and First Nations housing as a means of constructing a lower cost, durable and energyefficient foundation. When properly designed and constructed, slab-ongrade foundations minimize many of the problems commonly found with conventional foundation practices in northern and First Nations housing. This booklet is intended to act as a concise guide, taking builders beyond interest in the subject to a point where they have design resources to be able to successfully construct a frost-protected, slab-on-grade foundation. The guide is intended to give builders the knowledge and confidence to design and construct trouble-free foundations. For design and site conditions that fall within the guidelines set out in this booklet, a frost-protected, slab-on-grade foundation can be designed and constructed using the information in this guide, without having to retain a professional engineer, except in extreme or non-typical circumstances. Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Design Limitations and Assumptions Section 3: Design Procedure Section 4: Construction Procedures Section 5: References