For undergraduate/graduate-level foundation engineering courses.
Covers the subject matter thoroughly and systematically, while being easy to read. Emphasizes a thorough understanding of concepts and terms before proceeding with analysis and design, and carefully integrates the principles of foundation engineering with their application to practical design problems.
Provides readers with practical methods of designing structural foundations, while emphasizing and explaining how and why foundations behave the way they do. Explains the theories and experimental data behind the design procedures, and how to apply this information to real-world problems.