DQS252 -BASEMENT OVERALL

The advantage of ___________ is the basement windows are all above grade.

• daylight basement

• look-out basement

• cellar

• crawl space

Composite techniques is a mixture of top down and bottom up construction methods.

• True

• False

________ and lagging walls are the most inexpensive systems compared to other retaining walls.

• Steel sheet pile

• Secant pile wall

• Soldier pile

• Diaphragm wall

___________ consist of a row of pile which interlock with one another to form a continuous wall either temporary or permanent.

• Diaphragm wall

• Soldier pile

• Steel pile

• Sheet pile wall

The term ‘basement’ has been regarded as to the term ‘deep pit’, which applies to excavations over 5-6.5 m deep.

• True

• False

___________ may not require an additional support operations and equipment because of the construction of the slope of the bank provide stability.

• Open cut arrangement

• Cut and cover arrangement

• Top down arrangement

• Bottom-up arrangement

_______ is constructed by excavation in a trench which is temporarily using the slurry trench technique.

• Secant pile wal

• Contiguous bore piles wall

• Diaphragm wall

• Sheet pile wall

Basement structures can be waterproofed by one of three common basic methods, EXCEPT:

• Membranes

• PVC sheet

• Drained cavities

• Dense monolithic concrete walls

Open sump pumping for sump pumping system is usually limited to maximum depth of 6.50m due to the limitations of suction lifts of pump

• True

• False

The ________ system is not suitable for very deep areas because it will cause a very large sloping area.

• sump pumping

• shallow bored wells

• well point

• deep bored wells