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Acceptable limits Similarly, American Society of Civil Engineers recommends that total settlement should not exceed 50 mm for residential buildings and 75 mm for industrial buildings, while differential settlement should not exceed 19 mm for residential buildings and 25 mm for industrial buildings.

Statement (I): Rate of settlement of a consolidating layer depends upon its coefficient of consolidation, which is directly proportional to the permeability and number of drainage paths available.

Consolidation can be accelerated by installing vertical drains to a depth of up to 35 meters, shortening its settlement rate from several years to several months.

Note: the consolidation settlement can be reduced by conducting any of the following: 1. Increase the length of piles (when the length of piles are increased, ?H? value in the preceding equation would reduce. ?H? is the thickness of the compressible portion of the clay layer).

Differential Settlement Prevention Ideally, you should build a house on soil layers with minimal clay or silt. This way, you will not have to worry about the soil under your foundation shrinking and expanding. If possible, the house should sit on native soil and not fill soil.

The construction methods to reduce the post-construction settlement as follow. One is subgrade treatment method, such as controlling the type of the filler and the depth of each layer, etc. Another is foundation treatment method. This method is commonly used on the treatment of foundation.

Settlement prevention You can do this by improving the soil conditions, reducing the applied loads, or increasing the stiffness of the structure. You can use various techniques, such as compaction, drainage, stabilization, reinforcement, or preloading, to improve the soil conditions.