Causes of settlement, foundation loading and computation
BUILDING COMPONENTS 1. Sub structure 2. Super structure.
Topic #16 Fertile crescent geo. Date – 10/1/13
Warm-up What can you infer about the settlement of California from this picture?
CAUSES OF SETTLEMENT The causes of foundation settlement are rarely due to the design (or under-design) of the structure itself. More commonly, damage.
WAR: Skim ch. 3 and then draw a preview page for the chapter. You should draw one picture for each section, so you should have four pictures altogether).
