MODULAR FOUNDATION RESISTANT TO GROUND MOVEMENT

摘要

One or more modules are each moulded as single units. Separately or fastened together they form a foundation resistant to ground movement including earthquakes and frost heave. A lower plane rests on a substrate. Perimeter and internal walls support a raised upper plane for receiving a building such as a rotationally moulded round house. Modules are made of reinforced concrete or rotationally moulded plastics and enclose internal cavities used as tanks or filled with a rigid foam. Lifting attachments are provided for transport of modules or temporary foundation lifting during rearrangement of a disturbed substrate.

主权项

1. A foundation comprised of one or more modules for a building is characterised in that the or each module includes a broad, rigid, reinforced lower surface having, when in place, an exposed lowest face and an interior face, upon which surface are simultaneously moulded or cast at least one rigid separating means selected from a range including peripheral beams, internal vertical protrusions and transverse ribs, all sharing a common height thereby determining the height of at least one space enclosed within the foundation, and upon which separating means a broad, rigid, reinforced upper surface is simultaneously moulded or cast; the upper surface having an interior face and an uppermost exposed face; the or each module including attachment means for attachment to other modules and supported buildings.