The floor is typically four inches (100 mm) thick and it rests on top of the foundation footings.

Concrete poured on the site ran about $3.50 a square foot, which included the foundation footings beneath the slab.

The excavation should also be at least 8 inches from the basement walls so you can avoid hitting the foundation footing as you dig.

To prevent moisture from coming up through the floor, dig around the outside and install drain tiles around the foundation footings.

The project began in earnest with the digging of ditches where concrete foundation footings were poured, the footings would support the outer, circular wall.

The shapes carved out of the rock, the foundation footings and joist pockets are often falsely interpreted by laymen as prehistoric or early history heathen cult sites.

I'm talking everything from the aesthetic considerations to how you calculate the load-bearing requirements of foundation footings, even how you route plumbing and lay out an adequate heating-and-cooling system.'

One of the new addition buildings was nearly torn down to start after the contractor ignored an error that one of the foundation footings were misaligned nine inches the correct line .

Bury the drum in a hole dug at least 10 feet away from the foundation of the house and deep enough so that the bottom of the drum will be lower than the foundation footing.

Steven Kratchman, the architect for the buildings, said that the addition of the five floors required reinforcing the existing columns, expanding the foundation footings and using lightweight metal panels on the upper floors to reduce the new loads.

MAKING concrete has a reputation for being difficult, but with some basic knowledge, the right equipment and a helper or two, most amateurs can successfully build projects like walkways, patios, steps, and foundation footings for storage sheds.

Gramercy North Associates, the project's development entity and sponsor of the co-op, had sued the city claiming that the requirements for the city's 421a tax abatement program were met because a foundation footing had been poured at least one month before a Nov. 29, 1985, deadline when the tax abatement program ended.