Foundation Development from 1890-1942 for Long Span and High Rise Buildings at Mexico City

Abstract

The subsoil of Mexico City, Mexico, has had a complex behavior; filled with light flocculent structure and layers at different depths of stiff material, producing regional and local differential settlements and liquefaction being a seismic zone. Long Span and High Rise buildings in this City have been a challenge to construct, being its foundation solution, one of the essential elements for its success. This study aims to present the evolution of the long span and skyscraper in Mexico City, being the foundation solution a crucial issue for this new construction era. The foundation solution of five iconic buildings built during this periodanalyzed by their designers and authors of this paper is presented. Each foundation solution is evaluated considering today's advance in Mexican soil mechanics, arriving at the solution most used nowadays in the city for this kind of buildings.

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