Integrated Buildings & Structures

Medium structure foundation is flexible with some settlement and the structure will stand straight and won't tilted. But if you strengthens the with RCC for individual footings and strip mat the building may tilted due to unequal settle ment if not found on rock. Earth quake also may with stand in . A titled structure of the third floor was dismantle by me, because of PCC has been laid under foundation, where the soil is soft clay. 

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Alex Thomas R.Eng, C.Eng, M.ASCE
Senior Site Engineer
Geo Structurals Pvt Ltd
ErnakulamAlexThomasR.Eng, C.Eng, M.ASCEIndia
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I agree. My experience as a Civil Engineer and Court-Appointed Engineering Expert has shown how critical proper geotechnical investigation and foundation design are. I investigated a building that ultimately had to be demolished due to severe differential settlement caused by inadequate foundation support on soft clay. Cases like this reinforce the importance of understanding soil behavior before construction begins.

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Renata Nogueira Pinho | Civil Engineer | Court-Appointed Engineering Expert | M.ASCE
Founder & Technical Director
Cardoso Nogueira Construction
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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