Foundations for Family Housing

Abstract

The report presents in abbreviated form information necessary to select appropriate foundations for family housing for various site conditions, climates, and construction methods. Included are a comprehensive survey of foundations presently used for family housing, a review of the soil mechanics used in foundation design, a discussion of current forms of house construction, and examples of cost computations for some typical foundations. Also included are several tables which facilitate the selection of an appropriate foundation type.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0778156

Entities

People

  • J. E. Bowles

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearing Capacity
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Cost Estimates
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Geographic Regions
  • Groundwater
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanics
  • Soil Classification
  • Soil Mechanics
  • Surface Tension
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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