How to identify & prevent Foundation Settlement Cracks

Foundation settlement cracks and Structural Cracks in building structures is a serious concern. You be a structural engineer, site engineer or an architect, one or the other point in time, cracks in a building is going to stress you out. So, prevention of crack is better than cure.

We have already discussed about structural cracks in another blog and video.Today we will continue in identifying more about settlement cracks.

This video along with the blog in https://www.civilera.com/post/how-to-... is going to provide you a good understanding on what you need to do to avoid settlement and settlement cracks.
There are points that you need to take care as a civil site engineer and there are points that you need to adopt as a structural engineer. Many points are common to both site and structural engineering.
I have cross linked in blog to another relevant blog. So, it will help to learn completely if you refer both civilera blog and the video in YouTube.

I have summarized why settlement crack occur, what is the pattern of cracks when there is differential settlement, what precautions are needed to prevent it construction point of view.
Also, a quick tip to do a foundation analysis based on the soil parameters like modulus of subgrade.
I will be continuing this topic in another video where I will explain a soil report that shows parameters for a soft soil. That is an upcoming video for the future. So, stay tuned for the future blogs and videos.

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