Construction of pile cap for double storey house renovation / Khairul Azhar Zainul Rashid

Foundation is an important element in any structure. Its role is to transfer all the load subjected onto it all the way from the roof structure and redirect it onto the soil underground. Live load-imposed load and wind load that is subjected onto the superstructure are also transferred to the substructure also known as foundation. Foundation consists of a few elements which are pile, pile cap and ground beam. The purpose of this report is to briefly identify the methods of constructing an element for foundation which is the pile cap.