Answer / santo okello

There are various causes of failure of foundations;viz
1-Uneven loading of the structre.
2-poor selection of the foundation due to wrong or lack of
soil analysis
3-poor drainage system within the site.

Remedies
1-for uneven loading,during design state,live and dead
loads should be carefully distributed by introduction of
columns,beams.
2-proper soil analysis should be carried out,this will give
the inside of the type of foundation to be adapted for a
particular structure.
3-for poor drainage,this can be avoided by proper leveling
of the site prior to construction,use of land drains or use
of water repellant cement for the foundation concrete

Answer / sachin

soil is the main cause of faliure.
proper type of foundation should be adopted for perticular
soil. also precaurcations should be taken to menimise the
shear in soil.

Answer / khalil

There are several casuses of faiure of founation. 1) Water
entering in the foundation. It creates settlement. 2) Low
bearing capacity of the soil 3) Improper Design 4).
Construction of another building nearby.
Remidies. Leakage should be controlled. The cracks should
be cemented. Vertical DPC should be done.

Answer / sarkar

failure or foudation is due to mainly not knowing the type
of the soil which is under the foundation.

Answer / umakant

soil as well as load on the foundation are main cause of failure. some times nearby construction of foundation, slope of plane causes foundation failure.
foundation design through expert of foundation and testing of soil, to find out correspondingly needed factors.

Answer / wasihun wolde

there are so many causes of failure of foundation such as,
undermining of safe support
lateral movement
design error
unequal support
bearing capacity of soil or type of soil

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