International Science Community Association Research Journal of Engineering Sciences 2278-9472 10 3 2021 09 26 Selection of geological parameters for design of footings on basaltic rock 43 47 EN M.C. Onojake 1 Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria and Centre for Marine Pollution Monitoring and Seafood Safety, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria A.E. Odieka 2 Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria G.U. Obuzor 3 Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria T.N. Chikwe 4 Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Yadav Santosh 1 Electrical and Electronics Department, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India Bhusnur S. 2 Electrical and Electronics Department, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India Sadhak Juli Singh 1 Electrical Engg. Department, BIT Durg, Chhattisgarh, India Bhusnur Surekha 2 EEE Department, BIT Durg, Chhattisgarh, India Dubey S.P. 3 MATS Raipur Chhattisgarh, India Sadhak Amit 4 Electrical Engg., R.C.E.T. Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India . Raman 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India . Puneet 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Sharma Naman 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India . Prashant 4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Sharma Pankaj 5 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India M.A. Samad 1 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh M.Z. Alam 2 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh M.N.H. Sikder 3 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh M.S. Islam 4 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh P.P. Chowdhury 5 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh M.M. Hossain 6 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh Desai Kushal 1 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology (PIT), Parul University, Vadodara, India Rathod Priyeshnath 2 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology (PIT), Parul University, Vadodara, India Bariya Pallav 3 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology (PIT), Parul University, Vadodara, India Doshi Rohan 4 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology (PIT), Parul University, Vadodara, India Bagul Abhishek 5 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology (PIT), Parul University, Vadodara, India Matharu Navjot Singh 1 BIT Durg, Chattishgarh, India Devesh Shrivastava Devesh 2 BIT Durg, Chattishgarh, India Kulkarni Renu 1 Noble Geostructs, Mumbai, India Pandey Vinay Kumar 2 Geosystems Infrastructure, Mumbai, India > Review Paper 2021 4 17 2021 09 26 Infrastructure development is part of social and national development. Various highway and railway projects consist of tunnels and bridges in the state of Maharashtra. As we are developing the infrastructure projects, various geological and design issues have been faced by project design and civil construction team. Geologically Deccan traps in the state of Maharashtra consist of Basaltic rock with high unconfined compressive strength (UCS) (70-250MPa). Based on Geological and Geotechnical investigation, project alignment and structural components are finalized. The physical and geo-mechanical properties on the recovered rock samples are determined and the design parameters are estimated. Based on the various bridge foundation project issues in Deccan trap, it is observed that chances of foundation damage cannot be ruled out due to high variation in UCS value of basalt rock. It is also observed that variation in rock class during the investigation stage and actual construction stage. In some projects in Deccan trap region, rock mass classification is done on the basis of RQD only. Total core recovery factors (TCR) is not considered and the rock mass data is analysed. But during construction stages design parameters determined are interpreted on a different scale. In this paper provisions in Engineering standard codes are reviewed and an attempt is made to propose practical solution for geological and foundation design issue in basaltic rock. Copyright@ International Science Community Association