Table 3 Vertical settlements of heritage buildings under different excavation design schemes.

From: Preventive conservation engineering practice based on deformation resistance capacity evaluation of heritage buildings

Design Schemes

Foundation Support System

Value

Two-story-basement H = 10.3 m

Row piles + Horizontal Bracing (Two-Tier)

(Cross bracing + corner bracing; the row piles consist of long spiral drilling grouted piles, with a diameter of 1000 mm, spacing of 1400 mm, and length of 27.5 m)

4.89 mm

One-story-basement H = 6.3 m

TRD Cement-Soil Cutoff Wall + H-Section Steel Beams + Horizontal Bracing (One-Tier) + Isolation Piles

(H-Section Steel Beams @ 800 mm Spacing; Cement-Soil Cutoff Wall 900 mm Thick × 21.3 m Deep; H-Beam Specification H700 × 300 × 13 × 24, 22 m Length)

5.50 mm

TRD Cement-Soil Cutoff Wall + H-Section Steel Beams + Horizontal Bracing (One-Tier)

(H-Section Steel Beams at 600 mm Spacing (Without Isolation Piles))

4.71 mm

TRD Cement-Soil Cutoff Wall + H-Section Steel Beams + Horizontal Bracing (One-Tier) + alternate bay excavation

(H-shaped steel spacing: 800 mm)

2.43 mm