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LOCATION
The site is strategically located opposite the famous rotary club on the six-lane, Old Mahabalipuram Road, in the heart of Chennai's IT corridor and is the home to IT majors such as Cognizant, TCS, Polaris etc. The ChettinadHospital is a mere 10 minutes drive. This is a mixed zone . This falls under Site .is in OMR which has been proposed SEZ for a company office. The site is 26 acres in total.
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Site has been cut in to 2 by the road passing through that spilting into 117 acres right side and left is 89acres . There is a gradual slope up to 1m towards the backwaters. Back waters is about 400m away from the site
ON SITE FEATURES
SITE ANALYSIS
Summer monsoon winter
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CLIMATE
Chennai lies on the thermal equator, and thus sees little variation in seasonal temperature. Chennai has a tropical climate. Chennais proximity to the sea makes it hot and humid for most of the year. Summer Summer falls between March August. . The highest temperature is obtained in late May and early June usually about 38 C. Monsoon In Chennai the rainy season is between October and Mid- November when the Northeast monsoon brings rain in spurts. The average annual rainfall is about 1,300 mm.
Winter Winter falls between November-February during which, the temperature varies between 20C- 25C. Average daily temperature in Chennai during January is around 24 C. Wind direction is from SE towards NW.
SITE CONDITIONS
SITE ANALYSIS
GROUND WATER TABLE:.40ft below from ground DCR RESTRICTION: SETBACKS:14m MAX HEIGHT:60m VEGETATION : There is quite good vegetation in site, there are mango trees and coconut trees on the edges of the site. The
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SUMMER
WINTER
WIND DIRECTION :
south east to north west. Wind is blown from the lake side . Mostly this wind can create a stack effect if the buildings r high raised
SOIL TYPE
Reddish medium sand: till 1 to 2m Reddish course to medium sand :till 3to 4 m
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SUN PATH IN SUMMER AND WINTER
TYPE OF FOUNDATION: pile cap +raft foundation over which column structure comes can be use in the site as per the soil conditions