Practical Foundation Engineering Handbook

Part 1 Soil problems in civil engineering: the nature of soils water behaviour in soils site preparation and land planning. Part 2 Soil mechanics and foundation design parameters: soil mechanics - evaluation of soil properties, clay mineralogy, soil classification, soil and water relations, capillary and pore pressure, kinetic water, strength concepts foundations - bearing capacity of shallow foundations, stress distribution and settlement, bearing capacity of piers and piles. Part 3 Foundation construction and engineering: concrete - constituent materials, computation of average compression strength and mix proportioning, quality assurance, mechanical properties, cold and hot weather concreting, pumping of concrete fundamentals of reinforced concrete foundation design procedures in concrete construction - piers and pile foundations earth pressure and retaining systems.