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Design Documents Referenced: Api Pip 686 ACI 351.3R-04

The document references two design manuals - ACI 351.3R-04 and API PIP 686 - for designing concrete equipment and generator pads. It lists the location of these files and provides bullet points on considerations for pad design, including the weight ratio of the foundation to equipment, pad size, thickness, soil bearing, embedment, and required concrete strength.

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Design Documents Referenced: Api Pip 686 ACI 351.3R-04

The document references two design manuals - ACI 351.3R-04 and API PIP 686 - for designing concrete equipment and generator pads. It lists the location of these files and provides bullet points on considerations for pad design, including the weight ratio of the foundation to equipment, pad size, thickness, soil bearing, embedment, and required concrete strength.

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Design Documents Referenced

ACI 351.3R-04 API PIP 686

Above are two design documents for equipment and generator pads.

The design manuals contain lots of details, but below are a list of bullet point items to
keep in mind when designing concrete under vibrating/oscillating equipment.

The current (03/13/2017) location of these files on the LJA network is:

Z:\STRUCTURAL GROUP\Design Codes and Specifications\ACI 318, ACI 330, ACI


224-3R

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Generator/Equipment Pad Design Bullet Points

Weight of Foundation to Weight of Equipment Ratio


ACI 351.3R-04 “Rule of Thumb Method”
Section 4.1.2.1

API/PIP 686

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Foundation Pad Size


ACI 351.3R-04 “Rule of Thumb Method”
Section 4.1.2.1

Foundation Thickness
ACI 351.3R-04 “Rule of Thumb Method”
Section 4.1.2.1

Soil Bearing
API/PIP 686

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Embedment
API/PIP 686

Concrete Strength
API/PIP 686

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