Footing Stage Checklist | Footing stage inspections | Foundation Stage Checklist

Foundations are one of the most stressed components of concrete elements because they support and withstand the entire building. Footing should be inspected to ensure that the quality is good enough to support the weight on it. 

Before the concrete is poured, a thorough inspection of the foundation should be carried out to ensure compliance with the floor plans. It's a good idea to have a checklist before the foundation inspection to avoid repairs that delay completion.

Below You can find the foundation/Footing stage Checklist for civil engineers 

1. Soil Load Tests, Specified or Additional

(a) Test area

(1) Size (approximate average proposed footing) ___________

 

(b) Test Apparatus

(1) Capacity ___________

(2) Sensitivity ___________

(3) Bracing ___________

(4) Settlement measuring devices ___________

(5) Bearing plates

 

(c) Test procedure

(1) Load increments ___________

(2) Settlement ___________

(3) Duration ___________

(4) Rebound ___________

 

(d) Recording and analysis

(1) Time-settlement chart ___________

(2) Tabulated results (interpretation) ___________

 

2. Site Preparation

(a) Salvage

(1) Buildings or parts ___________

(2) Trees and shrubs ___________

(3) Topsoil for storage ___________

 

(b) Clearing

(1) Old foundations: Break up and Removal ___________

 

(c) Protection of

(1) Public: Barriers, Lights and Other methods (when blasting, tree cutting, etc.) ___________

(2) Existing utilities and structures ___________

(3) Pavements ___________

(4) Trees and shrubs: Boxing or well ___________

 

3. Earthwork

(a) Permit ___________

 

(b) Layout

(1) Batter board: Set-back ___________

 

(c) Excavation

(1) Test borings or test pits ___________

(2) Cesspools or cisterns ___________

(3) Strata ___________

(4) Footing depths: Earth, Rock and Not requiring forms ___________

(5) Undersoil for storage ___________

 

(d) Drainage

(1) Temporary ___________

(2) Permanent ___________

 

(e) Trenches

(1) Frost-line ___________

(2) Original bed ___________

(3) Protection (bracing) ___________

 

(f) Blasting safeguards for

(1) Life ___________

(2) Property ___________

 

(g) Existing structures, foundations, utilities: Shoring ___________, Needling ___________ and Underpinning ___________

 

(h) Outside face of walls

(1) Clearances for inspection ___________

 

(i) Grades

(1) Specified ___________

(2) Extras, earth and rock: Estimates ___________, Authorization ___________ and Quantity ___________

 

(j) Fills

(1) Backfill ___________

(2) Grading ___________

(3) Tamping ___________

4. Utilities

(a) Excavations for service lines ___________

 

(b) Boxing or sleeves for pipelines

(1) Location ___________

 

(c) Drainage

(1) Lines, grades ___________

(2) Soil pipe ___________

(3) Tile installation ___________

5. Footings, Foundation Walls, Piers

(a) Piling

(1) Wood: Species ___________, Size ___________ and Treatment ___________

(2) Concrete:

Precast: Mix ___________, Tests ___________, Curing ___________ and Handling ___________

Cast-in-place: Shell design ___________ and condition ___________ | Mixes and slumps ___________

(3) Driving equipment: Type ___________ and Penetration per blow ___________

(4) Driving procedure:

Location and plumbness: Tolerances ___________, Protection of underground utilities ___________, Excavation to cutoff levels ___________, Test piles ___________, Uniformity and continuity ___________, Subsurface obstructions ___________ and Redriving ___________

Use of follower: Mandrel for driving steel shells Jetting ___________

(5) Records: Ground-water levels Pile location ___________ and penetration ___________, driving noncontinuity and Bearing capacities ___________

(6) Rejections: Damage ___________ and Nonconformance ___________

(7) Replacements: Redesign of pile caps ___________, Rearrangement of pile groups ___________

Shells for cast-in-place' piles: Watertight condition ___________

(8) Withdrawn-piling spaces: Fill ___________

(9) Cutoflfs: Levels ___________, Splices ___________

Cast-in-place: Volume of concrete to fill shell ___________

Treated wood: Immediate coating after cutting off ___________

 

(b) Concrete

(1) Footings ___________

(2) Formed spaces:

Installation: Inserts ___________, Anchors ___________, Bulkheads ___________, Sleeves ___________, Steel for reinforcement ___________, Removal of debris ___________ and Wetting of sandy bottom ___________

 

(c) Reinforcing

(1) Footings over pipelines and utility trenches ___________

(2) Walls around temporary openings ___________

(3) Lower-level walls and piers: Splicing and Anchoring ___________

 

(d) Municipal approval ___________

 

6. Backfilling

(a) Prior to backfilling

(1) Subsurface masonry ___________

(2) Drain tile ___________

 

(b) Material for backfill

(1) Drainage characteristics ___________

 

(c) Track for heavy equipment ___________

 

(d) Trees

(1) Breathing space ___________

(2) Drainage ___________

 

(e) Topsoil protection ___________