Wide strip foundation
Strip foundations on subsoils with poor bearing capacity, such as soft sandy clays, may need to be considerably wider than […]
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foundation
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Short bored pile foundation
Where the subsoil is of firm, shrinkable clay which is subject to volume change due to deep rooted vegetation for
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Narrow strip (trench fill) foundation
Stiff clay subsoils have good bearing strength and are subject to seasonal volume change. Because of seasonal changes and the
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buoyant foundation
A foundation of reinforced concrete whose weight, together with that of the imposed loads, is approximately equal to the weight