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Differential settlement If one edge of a structure moves more than another, the structure will tilt, like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. This is caused by variations in soil (see below), which can lead to cracks in the structure and often catastrophic failure.

Resolving Differential Settlement The settled foundation has to be underpinned and the ground treated properly. Underpinning helps transmit the load that's causing the foundation to sink to the load-bearing strata. Piers can also be driven down the foundation and left to rest at the hard rock level.

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).

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.

The industry standard is 1 inch of differential settlement in 20 feet. Anything greater than this can be considered too much.

Therefore, to determine the settlements, it is necessary to know: the course of vertical stresses ?z with depth. The settlement-generating base stress ?1 = ?0 - ? ? h must be used, taking into consideration the stress reduction by the excavation unloading for the embedment depth of the foundations.

Soil Improvement preloading or surcharging the area that is subject to consolidation with a temporary load of sand, using Prefabricated Vertical Drains (PVDs), sand drains and a system known variously as BeauDrain, Intensive Forced Compaction (IFCO) or Press-To-Drain (PTD), and. vacuum consolidation.