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FOUNDATION | WHERE USED |
Strip Foundation | Rocky, solid chalk, sands and gravel, gravel with only a small proportion of clay |
Short-bored pile foundation | Shrinkable clay |
Raft foundation | Soft natural ground or fill, or on ground that is liable to subsidence as in mining areas |
Pad foundations | Sand and gravel with only small proportions of the clay, dense salty sand |
Wide-strip foundation | Where the load-bearing capacity of the ground is low e.g marshy ground, soft clay, salty ground |