Foundation Engineering Handbook - Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1: Geotechnical Engineering
  • Subsurface Exploration
  • Laboratory Testing
  • Soil Mechanics
• Part 2: Foundation Design
  • Shallow and Deep Foundations
  • Bearing Capacity of Foundations
  • Settlement of Foundations
  • Consolidation
  • Foundations on Expansive Soil
  • Slope Stability
  • Retaining Walls
  • Foundation Deterioration and Cracking
  • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Soils
  • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Foundations and Retaining Walls
• Part 3: Foundation Construction
  • Grading and Other Soil Improvement Methods
  • Foundation Excavation, Underpinning, and Field Load Tests
  • Geosynthetics and Instrumentation
• Part 4: 2006 International Building Codes
  • International Building Code Regulations for Soils
  • International Building Code Regulations for Foundations
• Appendix A: Glossary
• Appendix B: Example of Foundation Engineering Report
• Appendix C: Solution to Problems
• Appendix D: Conversion Factors
• Appendix E: Bibliography
• Index