There is no more important part of building a new home than the foundation. Regardless of the home’s beauty and design, if the foundation is structurally deficient and fails to support the construction, the value of the home could totally collapse and repair problems could easily become extensive. The ultimate support concerning the structural integrity of the home is not what we easily see – the walls – but what is not easily seen – the foundation. Foundations in construction are never designed and built for minimum conditions and circumstances. It is a normal, if not natural, construction instinct to over-design and ...