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1993 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Foundations

Authors : Lee How Son, George C. S. Yuen

Published in: Building Maintenance Technology

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK

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The most expensive building repair bills are often incurred with foundation failures. Where foundations are built on rock, there is very little chance of failure, provided that the rock is sound and solid. But because most buildings have to be built on other soils, which include materials of various origins, some movement and settlement must be expected.

Metadata
Title
Foundations
Authors
Lee How Son
George C. S. Yuen
Copyright Year
1993
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23150-8_4