Technical Guidance Notes: an introduction

Understand how dead loads, defined as Permanent Actions within Eurocode 1, can be favourable and unfavourable in a construction.

An introduction to the core design concepts found within current UK codes of practice.

When designing foundations (from a simple pad footing to a pile cap) there is a need to determine the soil's bearing capacity. This note explains the principles of how this is determined, and how it impacts on foundation design.