Análisis comparativo entre cimentación con rellenos convencionales y sistema de cimentación peraltada con paredes de bloques y vacíos, sobre depósitos de suelos blandos (Casos de edificaciones en Guayaquil y Samborondón).

Abstract

This Thesis is aimed at studying an alternative in construction when there is a difference in architectural levels between the existing natural terrain and the final level of the ground floor project. Builders usually go from level 0 to the required level (0.54 m), which is the most common, using conventional compacted fill. But they forget about a very important issue, which is the settlements since that filling that is put in comes to act as a preload and any preload is going to cause settlements. For this reason, we propose an alternative to reach the required level without the need to use a compacted fill, and instead use block walls spaced 60 cm apart that remain as voids between each wall. These block walls represent only 15% of the weight that would be with conventional compacted fill, which significantly reduces the settlements that will occur. This is a very significant contribution since the issue of foundations and settlements in Guayaquil and Samborondón is very important due to the soils that are found in these areas called "soft" soils on which it is necessary to know how they are going to behave in order to choose the most suitable foundation system and avoid settlement problems.