Question: Example 7 . 1 6 Building ( A ) shown in the figure was constructed twenty years ago in an excavation equal to the weight

Example 7.16
Building (A) shown in the figure was constructed twenty years ago in an excavation equal to the weight of the building and did not shows any settlement. Another building (B) which are a twenty-story structure with net weight 294300kN was constructed only three years ago on rigid mat (30**30)m. Building (A) has started showing some cracks. Plans for the two building are given in the figure. You have been called as a consultant to access the to indicate if any differential settlement has occurred in the building (A) due to the construction of Building (B).
Example 7 . 1 6 Building ( A ) shown in the

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