Study on fertilizer godowns in Bangladesh

Abstract

This project report is based on an extensive survey of warehouses built by the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) throughout the country. Details of construction and loading faulmand subsequent deterioration impairing serviceability, are recorded and remedial measures are suggested. These include depression of floor, deterioration of surfaces due to chemical reaction of urea, loading pattern, ventilation problem, cracks in roofs and shear walls, leakage of rainwater through roof, faulty expansion joints and plastering and depression of platform etc. From structural point of view the warehouses were found to be heterogeneous in construction. The study revealed that a considerable amount of saving, both in the time and cost of construction could be achieved if a standardized design could be adopted in the construction of superstructure and substructure. An attempt has been made in this study to arrive at a standardized design for such warehouses which will provide structurally sound and most cost effective solution ,to this problem. The result of analysis revealed that a warehouse with a roof span of 22.5 ft by 32 ft would provide an optimum solution from technical and cost point of view.