Foundations & Substructure
Anchor Bolt Template
An Anchor Bolt Template is a jig, usually a steel plate or frame, that holds a group of…
Foundations & Substructure
Blinding Concrete
Blinding Concrete is a thin layer of weak concrete placed over a prepared formation to provide a clean,…
Foundations & Substructure
Bored Pile
A Bored Pile is a cast-in-place pile formed by drilling a shaft into the ground, placing reinforcement and…
Foundations & Substructure
Driven Pile
A Driven Pile is a prefabricated pile, of concrete, steel or timber, hammered or vibrated into the ground…
Foundations & Substructure
Foundation Pour
A Foundation Pour is the operation of placing, compacting and finishing concrete into a foundation formwork, often a…
Foundations & Substructure
Grade Beam
A Grade Beam is a reinforced-concrete beam at or near ground level that spans between foundations or pile…
Foundations & Substructure
Ground Beam
A Ground Beam is a reinforced-concrete beam spanning between pile caps or pad foundations at low level to…
Foundations & Substructure
Holding Down Bolt
A Holding Down Bolt is a cast-in or drilled-in anchor that fixes a steel base plate or item…
Foundations & Substructure
Lean Concrete
Lean Concrete is a low-cement, low-strength concrete used for blinding, sub-bases and fill where structural strength is not…
Foundations & Substructure
Micropile
A Micropile is a small-diameter, high-capacity bored pile, typically heavily reinforced and grouted, installed with compact rigs in…
Foundations & Substructure
Pad Footing
A Pad Footing is an isolated, usually square or rectangular, reinforced-concrete base that spreads the load from a…
Foundations & Substructure
Pile Cap
A Pile Cap is a thick reinforced-concrete block cast over the heads of a group of piles to…
Foundations & Substructure
Pile Foundation
A Pile Foundation is a deep foundation of slender columns driven or bored into the ground to carry…
Foundations & Substructure
Raft Foundation
A Raft Foundation is a large continuous slab that spreads the loads of an entire structure over the…
Foundations & Substructure
Shallow Foundation
A Shallow Foundation is a foundation that transfers structural loads to soil at relatively little depth, typically where…
Foundations & Substructure
Strip Footing
A Strip Footing is a continuous reinforced-concrete foundation running beneath a line of columns or a load-bearing wall…
Foundations & Substructure
Underpinning
Underpinning is the strengthening or extension of an existing foundation to a lower level, transferring load to more…
Foundations & Substructure
Vapor Barrier
A Vapor Barrier is a membrane or coating, typically below floor slabs or within the envelope, that resists…
Foundations & Substructure
Waterproofing Membrane
A Waterproofing Membrane is a continuous sheet or applied coating that prevents water passing through below-ground or roof…