Mat Foundation Thickness

A mat foundation spreads out under the footprint of the building and declines the contact pressure compared to conventional strip or trench footing.

Mat foundation thickness.

Mat foundations also are known as raft foundations is a thick concrete slab placed on the ground as the foundation of the structure. A 3 foot thick mat foundation and basement walls resist structural movement. Mat foundation is also known as the raft foundation. It is a continuous thick concrete slab on the soil that extends the entire footprint of the building and increases the soil bearing capacity power.

It is a suitable solution for low bearing capacity soil spread footing cover about 70 of the structure high structure loads soft pockets or cavities of in the soil to unknown extent raft and. A mat foundation is a thick reinforced concrete slab supporting arrangements of columns or walls in a row or rows and transmitting the loads to the soil. Mat foundations are constructed on various occasions such as building construction bridge construction tower construction etc. Then a waterproof plastic sheet is laid over the earth and a thin 3 layer of plain cement concrete pcc is poured just to create a perfectly flat and level base for the foundation.