Laying the right foundation is essential for any strong structure,and in this detailed video, we take you through the entire ...

Learn the essential techniques behind building a strong, accurate concrete foundation beam in this in-depth tutorial designed ...

Its purpose is to spread out the weight of the structure onto the soil. A footing is just a concrete beam that's poured in direct contact with the soil. The foundation wall rests on this footing.

Many concrete foundation walls in both the IRC and ACI 332 do not require vertical steel for their function as a simply-supported beam resisting the lateral soil pressures.

Your foundation is basically the same situation. The smaller foundation wall that is only 4 feet tall is a beam. It has air under it just like a steel I-beam on a skyscraper. You have nothing to ...

Six hunks of concrete — called footings — that are supposed to support steel beams are not strong enough, said civic center director David O’Neal.