State Five (5) Types Of Foundations And State Where Each Is Most Suitable. - NABTEB QUESTION

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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

State five (5) types of foundations and state where each is most suitable. – NABTEB QUESTION