foundation engineering

foundation engineering

[fau̇n′dā·shən ‚en·jə‚nir·iŋ] (civil engineering) That branch of engineering concerned with evaluating the earth's ability to support a load and designing substructures to transmit the load of superstructures to the earth.

foundation engineering

That aspect of engineering concerned with the evaluation of the ability of the earth to support a load, and with the design of a substructure or transition member to transmit the load of the superstructure to the earth.