TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS FEATURES SELECTION IN CONSTRUCTION
TYPES OF FOUNDATION FEATURES SELECTION IN CONSTRUCTION

Summary/Abstract: The foundation - this is the main part of the building or a structure, basis, which is responsible for building or structure condition. From them belong the longevity of the building, aesthetic beauty, operation quality, heating waterproofing. Modern construction pace is quite high as emerging new technologies, which make it easy to develop invented new types of foundations. There are quite a lot: belt foundation, screw foundation, planar foundation, pile foundation and other types of foundations. They all have pluses and minuses. But have common characteristics: all the foundations withstands stable and unstable loads - roof, walls, ceilings. In this work is submitted the foundation types, their advantages and disadvantages, why one foundation worse than other, types of foundations popularity Lithuania, from what begins all foundations equipment, why it is important to examine the ground before starting to install the foundation. Nowadays prevails residential and civil construction. In the industry using large size and mass technological equipment. From them the load transmitted to the ground, that’s why in the construction of civil buildings, residential houses are widely used pile foundation, about who in this work is submitted detailed analysis of the installation, in research discovered significant advantages: minor excavation; many new construction piles are small bearing capacity, low weight, their manufacture consumes less concrete, reinforcement and other materials; pile foundation reduces the amount of the working land; relatively inexpensive and quick installation and good quality; do not need drainage; their strength allows to ensure the foundation disintegration, not do deform buildings, unlike other types of foundations. One of their unique properties - installation in the winter; and the biggest advantage – the ability to approve them in the soft ground, that you can not do with other types of foundations.

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