Bearing Capacity and Settlement Characteristics of Soil: A case study of FUTO Senate Building & FUTO NDDC Hostel Area, Owerri, Imo State.
The sole purpose of this project work is to determine the settlement characteristics of soil for the construction of building, a case study at FUTO Senate Building area and FUTO NDDC hostel area, other objectives are the classification of the soil, determination of the strength properties of these soils and also making of sundry recommendations about the type of foundation most suitable for the construction of buildings on these soils. Soil samples were collected from FUTO Senate...