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What are the different types of foundations in building construction?

Which type is the most commonly used for a two to three story building?

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Question added by Anisuddin Siddiqui , Sr. Planning Engineer , Southwest Architecture
Date Posted: 2013/09/01
muzaffar nazir ahmad
by muzaffar nazir ahmad , Quantity Surveyor , CHINA RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION LTD. SAUDI BRANCH NEOM PROJECT WEST TABUK AREA

There is Difrent Type of Foudations are in Building Constructions:

1- Isolated Footings:

2- Combained Footings:

3- Strips Footing:

4 - Raft Foundation:

5- Pile along with Pile Caps:

Raffy Santos
by Raffy Santos , Civil Engineer , Projects Star Contracting Company

Strip foundation,Pad foundation,Raft foundation  and Pile foundation

mohamed salah mohamed azab
by mohamed salah mohamed azab , ENGINEER , المصطفى للديكور والعماره والاستثمار العقارى

1-Piling

2-for Bhh armed

3-striped rules

4-separate rules

Mayur Ajani
by Mayur Ajani , Project Construction Manager , Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast LLC – Dubai, UAE

1. Shallow Foundations - individual footings, Strip footings, Raft Foundation.

2. Deep Foundations - End bearing piles, Friction piles

Unais Mohamed Aliyar RICS APC and ICIOB
by Unais Mohamed Aliyar RICS APC and ICIOB , Senior Quantity Surveyor (Team Leader) , Wajood Cont. LLC

Based on UAE

  • Shallow (Raft, Pad & Strip)
  • Deep - Pile (End bearing piles, Friction piles, Settlement reducing piles, Tension piles, Laterally loaded piles & Piles in fill)

Jaison Thaiparambil
by Jaison Thaiparambil , PROJECT MANAGER / SR. ENGINEERING - CONSTN. / MANAGER , M/s. Arabi Enertech Company (K.S.C-Kuwait Stock Closed)

Piping Materials

Metallic Piping Material

Non-Metallic Piping Material

Non-Nonmetallic-GRVE-Tanks for Chemical Storage

Hydraulic Flow Calculation

Selection of Pumps

Selection of Compressors

Hot tapping on Storage tanks

Provide piping system tie-ins by Hot Tapping connection

Anti corrosive coating on immersed surfaces of storage tanks

Cathodic System

Welding procedures

Non destructive and Destructive Testing on Castings, Weld joints & acceptance criteria.

Code Stress Analysis

Offshore Pipe lines

Offshore Platform Jacket Pipe Joint Fit-up & Weding

Suspended Scafolding

Simulation Tests in the Fire water Piping Systems

Performance Tests on Rotary Equipments

Inspection of Pressure Vessels etc..

 

Hesham Amer
by Hesham Amer , منسق المشاريع , مكتب الجعويني مهندسون استشاريون

Isolated footing - Mat foundation - Strap footing - Deep foundation - Combiend footing- Semi raft foundation - Inverted slab footing 

OLATUNJI EZEKIEL OJO
by OLATUNJI EZEKIEL OJO , Site architect , Rhymeshomes and Partners Limited

The different types of Foundation in building construction are: Reinforced strip beam foundation, Pad foundation, Pile foundation

Amar Sirag Alnour Gorafy
by Amar Sirag Alnour Gorafy , senior construction Engineer , oceans Altakamul

Isolate footing foundation