Design studies for a planned building indicate that the foundation loading will cause the principal stresses in the soil at one point below the building area to increase to 195 kPa and 70 kPa (major and minor principal stress values, respectively). If the soil is a dry sand having an angle of internal friction equal to 34°, determine if the indicated stresses would cause shear failure to occur.

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Layout and Design

The layout is the process of marking all the building components on the land from the prepared plan. The layout of construction includes transferring the whole plan of foundations, boundaries of the structure, centerline of the wall, and all other important structural parts on the ground along with the length and width so that the components of buildings can be excavated properly. Designing is the process of establishing the concept of the building on paper in a properly engineered manner.