File:Construcción de una cimentación por zapata aislada.ogv

Summary

This video illustrates the construction by single footing of a foundation. Throughout the video the different phases undertaken to construct a building can be seen. The election of this type of foundation depends on the condition of the soil. In this case, to display the single footing a very steady portion of soil has been chosen. This video will try to clarify the foundation process of a building, for those starting to become familiar with architectural concepts.

NOTE: The foundation of a building is normally executed underground, that is to say, excavation work is required. In this animation film, it is assumed that the foundation is executed underground, omitting the aforementioned excavation.

(00:01) Here the shuttering begins, what it has been referred to as base 1. It can be seen how the four formwork walls are placed, in this case they are made of metal though wooden structures are also common.

(00:06) Once the shuttering from base 1 is done, the walls are filled with concrete and allowed to air-dry.

(00:07) The formwork is removed and it can be seen how a perfect concrete base remains.

(00:08) The formwork is placed anew, in this case from base 2. The same process is repeated, the formwork structures must be arranged in a squared-shape base.

(00:13) This time, before filling with concrete the formwork, a few metal bars will be added. These bars are the foundations frame and will result in a greater resistance.

(00:16) Once the bars are arranged, the frames must be filled with concrete, leaving the bars perfectly assembled and fixed to the laying foundations.

(00:17) The two first bases are assembled and so are the frame of the foundations. Now the third and last base of the foundation must be assembled. In this is case, the base will be longer and rectangular.

(00:23) Once the formwork frames from base 3 are assembled, as done previously; the formwork will be filled with concrete covering the bars previously assembled but not entirely. As it has been done previously, the formwork frames will be removed after the drying of the concrete showing base 3. After this process, the single footing foundation construction can be considered finished.

Animation by Carlos Calvo Luna under the supervision of Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz (Graduated in Technical Architecture at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:Escuela_T%C3%A9cnica_Superior_de_Arquitectura_de_Sevilla" class="extiw" title="w:es:Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla">Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, University of Seville</a>)

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