Most buildings in and around the Midwest have standard foundation systems that use spread concrete footings or “feet” to displace the load of the building over the supporting soils below. These types ...

Pilings based on snakeskin are easier to drive into soil and more difficult to pull out, according to lab tests at the UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling. These pilings could one day support ...

Some of the same stuff that used to be growing near where they stand. A number of the buildings constructed downtown in the city's formative years and after — especially in East Town and the Third ...

The next month, the Building Committee ordered the demolition of the two construction sites. Of the 36 pilings erected by Hui Hon, only 15 were the lengths recorded by the subcontractors, and seven ...