raft foundation meaning in Hindi

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The North abutment and pier No . 1 are on raft foundations.
The 2.5 metre thick raft foundation sits 9 metres below the ground level.
Piling foundations are typically preferred for skyscrapers, however Manchester's sandstone substrata meant a raft foundation.
The ferroconcrete base was used to form a floating raft foundation on the reclaimed site.
Explaining the method, Rameli said bricks are used to construct the walls of a house directly on the reinforced concrete raft foundation.
The structural frame of the building was made up of reinforced concrete raft foundations, columns and slabs, with similarly made reinforced concrete party walls separating individual dwelling units.
Older houses, in the area of Burnt Fen near Littleport, Cambridgeshire, were built on peat whilst more modern buildings in the same area are built on concrete raft foundations floating on the peat.
For a floating raft foundation-or simply " floating foundation "-the foundation has a volume such that, if that volume filled with soil, it would be equal in weight to the total weight of the structure.
Although studies carried out before the renovation work began showed most of the raft foundation was still in good condition, water from the adjacent Singapore River had Pillars supporting the entire building now rest on the platform.

noun.

a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete