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Why the foundations are placed below ground level?

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Question added by mohamed rabie , site civil engineer , Contraco W.L.L
Date Posted: 2016/12/14
Chandrashekar  Muniyappa
by Chandrashekar Muniyappa , Project engineer , Multiplex

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

مرسي احمد مرسي العريني
by مرسي احمد مرسي العريني , مدير مشروع إنشائي , ابناء سليمان القضيبي للمقاولات

thanks for the invitation

  To face the subgrade reaction (straining soil

Sampath Mendis
by Sampath Mendis , Quantity Surveyor , Seidco Contracting LLC.

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

Mohamed Mahmoud
by Mohamed Mahmoud , Senior Site Engineer "Marriott Court Yard Hotel Project - Riyadh" , Fawaz Abd El Aziz Al Hokair Group

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
by raed adnan shihab Al-grbaliji , مهندس في القسم الهندسي , مديرية بلدية ماوت

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

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