Very enjoyable and to the point. What a relief after spending hours trawling through KZread watching videos that failed explain how foundations were laid in a simplified manner.

30OCT2023-Thank you Jim, wherever you are, for explaining this so well to an aspiring interior designer and writer!

Awsome video, I was checking because I am preparing my home inspector exam, after 13 years of this upload, I sincerely hope you still alive and healthy.

Excellently explained! thank you

The Devil in the White City led me here. I really came to learn about the floating foundation invented by Root, because I failed to understand how it would prevent settling. Apparently it did not prevent it! Thanks for the video.

Missed the step where the brave geotechnical engineer is lowered into the 3 ft wide caisson to check the bottom to confirm the condition of the bedrock and insure correct socketing takes place when the cage is lowered and concrete poured. Perhaps that is done remotely today.

that really helped me, thank you.

Thanks Jim.. .nice video !

You reference a fellas name regarding the raft foundation. What was his name as I'm trying to investigate him further??

The floating raft saved the Winchester House.

great presentation.

Great presentation! Easy to digest

Thanks !

Great video. Thanks.

well done. i liked it.

John Wellborn Root is the architect you are thinking about. :) Jim

One thing I'm unclear of is how they remove the steel casing tube at the end without it sticking in the ground? You'd think it would be well stuck in there since it was originally forced in there and now concrete is poured.

@j.m7555

6 жыл бұрын

kerosene concrete might still be wet?

So informative!

great one

it so good for my job

Seems to me the float construction is cost-effective compare with piles system. early days there was no sophisticated piling equipments so old high rise buildings are based on the float based that spread out beyond bldg area.

great-info-very-useful

Good video but a minor correction in your video heading - cassion is actually different from pile foundations. Cassion foundation is usually drilled into the earth. This is different from pile foundations, which are forcibly driven into the earth.

very nice

wht is the difference between friction pile and end bearing pile

@joenader91

8 жыл бұрын

Friction piles work on the static friction developed between the pile and soil, where the load is transferred between the pile and the adjoining soil by friction (downward and laterally). End bearing piles are driven to and socketed into the underlying bedrock (typically shorter piles), where the loads are transferred directly to the pile point. - Geotechnical Engineer

If foundation put on top of shield liquid or water containers like four to many water container hold up the weight of the house then it's pressure ( even hundred thousand psi can generate power electricity and hydraulic power to lift entire house or ranch into space as a space station easily. But if project engineer not clearly conduct process it may waste money but useless

nice video what if there is water though ??

@kennethbuluran2348

2 жыл бұрын

Dewater first until tolerable amount before pouring.

Hopefully this won't become another Pisa Tower?

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