Foundation of a Building.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

The foundation of a building is that part of walls, piers and columns in direct contact with and transmitting loads to the ground. The building foundation is sometimes referred to as the artificial, and the ground on which it bears as the natural foundation.

Ground is the general term for the earth’s surface, which varies in composition within the two main groups, rocks and soils. Rocks include hard, strongly cemented deposits such as granite and soils the loose, uncemented deposits such as clay. Rocks suffer negligible compression and soils measurable compression under the load of buildings.

The size and depth of a foundation is determined by the structure and size of the building it supports and the nature and bearing capacity of the ground supporting it.

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Unknown said...

thanks very much indeed this document has aided my research on foundations

barathkumar99k said...

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