This book provides deatailed description of the various properties and analysis of the behaviours of different types of soils and Soils deposits, over which are rested the foundations of the different types of structures, like buildings, bridges, roads, machines, etc.

The design of the different types of foundations to be adopted to suit particular soil deposits and the proposed structure, without causing excess differential or total settlement or any other failure of the underneath soil, to ensure the safety of the structure, has been explained in this volume in a simple language. The design of stable shapes for earthern embankments has been also exhaustively covered. The soil reinforcements and geotextiles, being used in modern days along with principles on foundation machines, have also been described in details with practical examples. The expansive and collapsible soils have been described, giving details of special precautions required to be taken in providing structures on such soil deposits.