| Abstract | The Canadian Manual on Foundation Engineering was prepared under the auspices of the Associate Committee on the National Building Code by the Subcommittee on Foundations of the Standing Committee on Structural Design.
It provides a "state of the art" report on foundation engineering containing recommended procedures for the design, installation and construction of foundations. It is intended to assist the enforcing official and the designer in satisfying the intent of Section 4.2 (Foundations) of the National Building Code of Canada 1975.
There are eight chapters in all. Chapter 1 is of an introductory nature, Chapters 2 and 3 deal with the definitions of terms and the classification systems for soils and rocks, Chapters 4 to 7 contain the various technical aspects of foundation engineering, and Chapter 8 comprises commentaries on some special aspects of foundation engineering.
Although the Manual was originally intended as a supplementary document to the Foundations Section of the 1975 edition of the National Building Code, no decision has yet been made on its final format and source of publication. The Associate Committee has, therefore, agreedto release the material in its preliminary form in advance of this decision in order to obtain wide public review. |
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