Foundations: Shallow and deep foundations, unsaturated conditions, heave and collapse,monitoring and proof testing

References 400 Standards, government and official publications 410 Bibliography 411

8.1 INTRODUCTION

Many aspects of foundation design and construction in tropical soils are the same as those in sedimented soils, about which many text books have already been written. We have therefore tried to emphasise those aspects of foundation engineering on tropical soils which are unconventional, based on our combined experiences in many regions of the world where tropical residual soils exist.