The principles of foundations

Launder, V. C.

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-01507-8_5

V. C. Launder A.R.I.B.A.²

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Having discovered the nature of the site, its contours and surface features; what lies under it; its rock and soil types; and finally having received the results of tests on the bearing capacity and chemical reactions of the soil, the designer is at last in a position to proceed with the design of the foundations for his building.

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Department of Architecture, University of Bristol, UK
V. C. Launder A.R.I.B.A. (Senior Lecturer in Construction)

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Launder, V.C. (1972). The principles of foundations. In: Foundations. Essence Books on Building. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01507-8_5

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