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Residential Foundations
He who has not first laid his foundations may
be able with great ability to lay them
afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to
the architect and danger to the building.
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), The Prince
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Foundations
• Purpose
• Considerations
• Types of Foundations
– Shallow Foundations
• Spread Footings
• Strip Foundations
• Slab-on-Grade and Thickened Slabs
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Purpose of Foundations
• Provide a level, stable surface to safely
support a building
• Transfer building loads to soil
• Anchor the building from wind, flood, and
seismic loads
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Design Considerations
• Loads from the structure
• Allowable soil bearing pressure
• Frost depth
• Flood elevation
• Drainage
• Costs
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Loads from the Structure
Foundations Must Resist
•Dead Load
− Weight of building
•Live Load
−Weight of occupants,
furniture, and equipment
•Lateral Loads
−Wind
−Seismic activity
−FloodSOIL REACTIONS
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Allowable Soil Bearing Pressure
• Indicates the maximum pressure that a soil
may be designed to support
• Typically presented in pounds per square foot
(psf)
• Different types of soils have different
allowable soil bearing pressures
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Soil Information
• Local building department, codes, and
regulations
• Preliminary information: USDA Web Soil Survey
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov
• Local or state building codes
• Soil testing/analysis
– Site inspection and simple soil testing
– Soil borings taken at proposed foundation
locations
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Frost Depth
• Freezing of soil can cause heaving of
foundations
• Silt or clay soils with a high water table are
highly susceptible to frost
Defense
• Build base of foundation below frost depth
• Provide frost protection for foundation
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Frost Heave
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Frost Depth Contour Map
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Flood Elevation
• Inundation by flood
waters should be
avoided
– Damage to structure
– Damage to contents
• Height of floors is
dictated by building
codes and should be
above flood levelsCourtesy Federal Emergency Management Agency. Photographer
Dave Saville.
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Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
Affordable Home Site
FIRM area available on the FEMA online Map Service at http://msc.fema.gov
Base Flood Elevation
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Drainage
• Ground should be sloped away from the
building
• Provide drainage pipe along continuous
foundations
• Ground floor should be located 6" – 8"
above grade
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Drainage
8"
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Shallow Foundations
Transfers loads to the soil very near the surface
– Spread footing or strip footing
– Slab-on-grade
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Spread (Column) Footing
A footing that spreads
the load over a broad
area which supports one
(or a few) load(s)
USES
Under piers or columns
PIER
(Concrete or
Masonry)
SPREAD
FOOTING
(Concrete)
COLUMNLOAD
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Continuous (Strip) Foundation
A wide strip of reinforced
concrete that supports
loads from a bearing wall
USES
• Under foundation walls
• For crawl space/basement
FOUNDATION
WALL
(Concrete or
Masonry)
STRIP
FOOTING
(Concrete)
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THICKENED
SLAB
WALL
SLAB-ON-
GRADE
Slab-on-Grade
and Thickened Slab
Slab-on-Grade – Reinforced
concrete floor supported by soil
Thickened Slab – A slab on grade
with an integral footing created
by thickening the slab
USES
Shallow frost depth or when frost
protection is used (instead of
strip footing)
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Residential Foundations• Purpose
• Considerations
• Types of Foundations
– Shallow Foundations
• Spread Footings
• Strip Foundations
• Slab-on-Grade
• Thickened Slabs