Why the foundations are placed below ground level?

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Chandrashekar Muniyappa · Answer

The load has to rested below groung level so that loads of the structure is distributed

مرسي احمد مرسي العريني · Answer

thanks for the invitation

To face the subgrade reaction (straining soil

Sampath Mendis · Answer

The foundtions are basically to divide the loads of a structure to the soil

Mohamed Mahmoud · Answer

because it`s working to send all the building load from all the members through the coloumns to the soil at last stage

raed adnan shihab Al-grbaliji · Answer

to send all building load to orignal and rigid layer of soil