A companion volume to the author’s Foundation Engineering (published by PHI Learning), this comprehensive and well-organized text deals with the structural design of the commonly used types of reinforced concrete foundations. It explains step-by-step procedure for the design of each type of foundation with the help of a large number of worked-out examples. The book provides an in-depth analysis of topics, such as wall footings, balanced footings, raft foundations, beam and slab rafts, pile caps and pile foundations. KEY FEATURES 1 Explains IS Codes on the subject. 2 Presentation of the book is lecture-based, with each chapter dealing with one topic. This helps the teachers in their lectures. 3 Deals with modern concepts as well as empirical procedure. 4 Devotes a separate chapter to the effects of earthquakes on foundations. ?5 Has a large number of diagrams to illustrate the concepts discussed. The book is designed as a textbook for the undergraduate and postgraduate students (Structural/Geotechnical) of Civil Engineering. As the book deals with both the fundamentals of the subject and field practice, practising engineers will also find the book very useful