Abstract:
The design of shallow foundations is performed in accordance with different building
regulations depending on geotechnical and geological conditions. This paper involves the design
calculations applying Kazakhstani and European approaches. The design of shallow foundations in
Nur-Sultan city in Kazakhstan was implemented by the calculation of bearing capacity and elastic
settlement in accordance with the design procedures provided in SP RK 5.01-102-2013: Foundations
of buildings and structures, and Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design. The calculated results of bearing
capacity and elastic settlement for two types of shallow foundations, such as pad foundation and strip
foundation, adhering to Kazakhstani and European approaches are relatively comparable. However,
the European approach provided higher values of bearing capacity and elastic settlement for the
designed shallow foundation compared to the Kazakhstani approach. The difference in the results
is explained by the application of different values of partial factors of safety for the determination
of bearing capacity and different methods for the calculation of the elastic settlement of shallow
foundations (i.e., elasticity theory and layer summation method).
