query: Do you need a foundation to build a house?
passage: Foundation (engineering)
A foundation is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground, and transfers loads from the structure to the ground. Foundations are generally considered either shallow or deep.[1] Foundation engineering is the application of soil mechanics and rock mechanics (Geotechnical engineering) in the design of foundation elements of structures.
passage: Foundation (engineering)
Drawing of Poteaux-en-Terre post in ground type of wall construction (this example technically called pallisade construction) in the Beauvais House in Ste Genevieve, Missouri, U.S.A. PSM V24 D321 A primitive stilt house in Switzerland on wood pilings. A granary on staddle stones, a type of padstone Black Eagle Dam - cross-section of construction plans for 1892 structure Davis House dry-laid stone foundation ruin, Gardiner, NY A basic type of rubble trench foundation Typical residential poured concrete foundation, except for the lack of anchor bolts. The concrete walls are supported on continuous footings. There is also a concrete slab floor. Note the standing water in the perimeter French drain trenches.