Concrete slab - Types of construction

• Introduction
• Stiffened raft slab
• Slab on the ground
• Footing slab with no connection between slab and footing
• Footing slab with connection between slab and footing
• Footing remote from slab
• Waffle raft construction
• Infill slab

Footing remote from slab

This is the most complex of the three footing slab options. It is best suited to sloping sites. It can only be constructed on Class A and Class S sites. The soil must have a minimum bearing capacity of 50 kPa.

The concrete slab is supported by controlled fill. The controlled fill is, in turn, restrained by the external walls which must be strong enough to contain the fill.