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The main advantage of a raft foundation is that it is more economical. Another advantage is that it requires little excavation. The disadvantages of raft foundations are that there is a greater potential for erosion, and they require specific treatments to bear a load.
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What are the disadvantages of raft foundation?
disvantages of a narrow strip foundation
What are advantages and disadvantages of strip foundation?
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of using strip foundation?
The advantages are that many workers know how to use it and it is cheap. Disadvantages are that it is really difficult to fix up any mistakes.
What is a raft beam?
The perimeter beam around the edge of a raft foundation.
What is a rafter foundation?
It are a Afrikaans way of saying Raft Foundation.
What are the types of raft foundations?
Types of raft foundation are 1. Solid slab raft 2. Beam and slab raft 3. Cellular rafts
What is the difference between a raft foundation and a mat foundation?
They r the same. There is no difference.
Difference between raft and mat foundation?
The raft will help to avoid any settlement that would occur to strip the foundation. The mat is just placed there to avoid slipping.
advantages and disadvantages of equity?
Advantages and Disadvantages of equity
How do you build raft foundation?
just pour concrete on caison
What are advantages and disadvantages of artificial seasoning of timber?
advantages and disadvantages
Why a pile raft foundation?
If the soil is so lose that it cant hold the building even with pile foundation. So, piled raft foundation is used which make the building to float like a boat. That obeys Archimedes' principle-it is buoyed up by the weight of the earth displaced in creating the foundation.
