VKS INFRATECH MANAGEMENT PVT.LTD Consulting Engineers Planners & Managers AN ISO 9001: 2008 COMPANY Letter No- AE/K-W/NH-353-J/HG/140 Date: 12.04.2018 To, The Vice President, H. G. INFRA ENGINEERING PVT LTD, Illrd Floor, “SAI PLAZA” Beside Apna Bhandar, Near Friends Colony, Katol Road, Nagpur - 440013 Sub: Consultancy services for Authority's Engineer for Supervision of Rehabilitation and upgradation to 2 lane with paved shoulder/ 4- lane standards of N.H. section (1) Nagpur-Katol- Warud section of NH-353J(Length- 40.47 km) on EPC mode in the state of Maharashtra Pkg-14. Reg: Review of Design of substructure and foundation for Major Bridge at Chainage 76+310. Ref: Your Letter No. HG/K-W/TL VKS/2018/206 Dated 22.02.2018 Received on 26.02.2018 Dear Sir, ‘Our Bridge Design Specialist has reviewed the design of substructure and foundation for major bridge at chainage 76+310. The comments/suggestions are enclosed for further needful at your end. Thanking You, Your's faithfully, For VKS Infratech Management Pvt Ltd. \ Team¥éader/Resident Engineer For Katol-Warud Project Enclosed : Annexure “A” Copy to: Executive Engincer/NHD/Nagpur. For kind information please. Site Office: Ward NO. 3 Near NDCC Bank, Post: Jalalkheda, Dist: Nagpur Pin Code: 441301 Email: vkskatolwarur21 @gmail.comKnnexune — 7 A” Lon pa eesaenes Consultancy services for Authority's Engineer for Supervision of Rehabilitation and upgradation to 2 lane with paved shoulder/4lane standards of N.H. section (1) Nagpur-Katol-Warud section of NH- 353)(Length- 40.47km) on EPC mode in the state of Maharashtra Pkg-14. Comments on design of substructure and Foundation for Major Bridge at Ch: 764310:- Documents Reviewed: Drawings: * MJB/76+310/SUB/ABUT-01-R2 M§JB/76+310/SUB/ABUT-02-R1 MJB/76+310/SUB/ABUT-03-R1 MJB/76+612/BEARING — RO MJB/76+3 10/SUB/PIER/O1-R2 MJB/76+310/SUP/02-R1 MJB/76+3 10/SUB/PIER/02-RO HGI/PKG-IL/STR/MAB/76+3 10-GAD-R3 eee eee Design Document: Design of Substructure and Foundation Comments on Substructure and Foundation: 1. Drg No. MJB/76+310/SUB/ABUT-03-R1: There are errors in notes 5 and 6 which may be reviewed and amended. 2. Drg No. MJB/76+310/SUB/SUP/02-R1: There are errors in notes 5 and 6 which may be reviewed and amended. Outline of pier may be shown in the plan of pile cap. 3. Drg No. MJB/76+310/SUB/PIER-02: Note 2 states that Tar paper bearing has been proposed whereas note 9 states that pedestal thickness shall be finalized after the bearing design. The design document shows elastomeric bearing. Type of bearing must be finalized and the notes may be reviewed and amended accordingly. . IRC:6:2016 may be referred in design in place of IRC:6-2014. . In chapter-i5 of design note, value of response reduction factor has been taken as 2.5. As per note-(iii) of Table-20 of IRC:6, value of “R” may be taken as 1.0 for RCC substructure if elastomeric bearings are ws Lof2used. Design of substructure and foundation may be reviewed accordingly. 6. As per clause 219.9 of IRC:6-2016, a separate system of arrestor control in both directions may be provided to cater to seismic forces on the elastomeric bearings. So, Longitudinal and transverse seismic stoppers may be provided and Dimension/reinforcement details of seismic stoppers and their locations may be shown in the drawings. 7, Initial load test may be carried out before casting of working piles to verify the pile capacity used in design. 8. Routine load test may be carried out on working piles before casting the pile cap as per requirement of clause 709.2.4 of IRC:78-2014. Porn thin d _ Bridge Design Specialist Saroj Kumar Swain 2of2