Brief overview of foundation construction

Constituents of foundation: Generally there are 3 constituents of foundation: (i) Footing, (ii) Column, (iii) Tie beam.The footings are very useful for the plan dimension, i.e., the bearing area that is ultimately supported by the soil and distributing the building load to the soil at below. Lowest clear cover (concrete cover from the outline of concrete to the outline of steel) for footings is usually 50mm

Total settlement of the structure is restricted to values as indicated in following table 2 [extracted from IS1904].
Nowhere tension should be acceptable to develop under the footing. Eccentricity check for footing should be accomplished