QUALITY IN CONSTRUCTION IS AN ACHIEVEMENT.

High standard work can be achieved for strength, durability, stability; pleasant appearance and building practitioners recommends quality as the object of the building practice.
In black cotton soil, quality work in building the foundation can be realized when soil investigation is conducted and the trail pits results can determine the foundation design which shall be in accordance to the soil capability

The recommended typesof foundation designs for black cotton soil include – the reinforced concrete with slab for shallow, strip or raft foundations and Pile foundation for deep foundations.

The swelling and shrinkage in black cotton soil around the built foundation walls can be isolated by consolidating a 20cm wide space at either sides of the foundation walls with hard core and 30cm space from the bottom.

 Quality is achieved by the building practitioner through competency and sequential process in applying procedures of work.