Foundation

Building the Foundation

Use the Vilter General Arrangement (GA) and foundation drawings to help secure a building permit and foundation construction. The Vilter GA drawing will have the necessary dimensions required to determine the overall founda- tion size and where to locate the compressor unit on the foundation. It will also show the dimensions required to form up the housekeeping piers that the compressor unit rests on. The Vilter foundation drawing lists the necessary information to construct a suitable foundation. It includes the rebar requirements and locations. It also shows anchor bolt locations, grouting and the concrete specifications. Using the Vilter GA drawing, Vilter foundation drawing and the information from site characteristics, site layout and safety studies will provide enough data to allow building the foundation to proceed.

The foundation is to be cast and permanently exposed against the earth. Therefore, if constructing on an existing floor, typically indoors, the floor will need to be broken up to get to the earth. If starting from undisturbed soil, it must be also be prepared accordingly. In either case, these are some check points to consider:

•Check the depth of your frost line to ensure the foundation extends below it

•Ensure the foundation rests entirely on natural rock or entirely on solid earth, but never on a combination of both

•Check the ability of the soil to carry the load

•Check wet season and dry season soil characteristics for static loading limits and elasticity

•Check local codes for Seismic Design requirements

For examples of foundation diagrams, refer to Figure 1 - Concrete Pad with Compressor Unit Dimensions - Side View and Figure 2 - Concrete Pad with Compressor Unit Dimensions - Front View

G.A.

G.A.

COMPRESSOR UNIT

CENTER LINE OF

GAS COMPRESSION

SYSTEM

 

CLR.

EL. TOP OF

(TYP.)2"

(TYP.)2"

 

GRADE

 

2"

 

 

 

0"

6"

 

 

 

1'-

 

 

 

 

 

CLR.

 

# 6 @ 12"

 

 

 

EACH WAY

 

 

3"

 

 

 

 

TOP & BOTTOM

 

 

 

 

 

4" COMPACTED SAND

EXCAVATE TO FROST DEPTH AS REQ'D AND BACKFILL

WITH CLSM OR NON-FROST SUSCEPTIBLE FILL

Figure 1. Concrete Pad with Compressor Unit Dimensions - Side View

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VSS, VSM, VSR specifications

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