Structures - Building Foundation Design

The In-house structures team at M-EC have extensive experience designing foundations for all ground conditions of any scale on various residential, commercial, industrial and domestic projects. 

Our process for foundation design starts by looking at the data provided from the ground investigation. Where this is unavailable, our structures team will work with the in-house Geo-Environmental team to undertake these investigations. 

The investigations provide the structures team with a broad overview which supports precise vertical and horizontal load calculations to determine risks and help minimise these. Results from this will also enable the structures team to provide a recommendation for the foundation designs, which are often between traditional – trench footings or a piling approach, although on some more challenging sites, a combination or bespoke approach may be required. 

Whilst the majority of projects undertaken are at the detailed design stage of a project, our structures team also advise on pre-planning projects to provide second opinions where ground investigation provides borderline results. 

Foundation designs include but are not limited to: 

• Traditional Pad and Strip
• Combined Footings
• Raft Foundations 
• Piling - Cast-in-situ bored piles, Driven/precast piles, timber piles 
• Underpinning 
• Ground Improvement