Foundation member and building structure foundation

摘要

In the present invention there is disclosed a building structure foundation member comprising: a solidified castable material formed to include a footing portion (60, 92) for resting on the ground and a support portion (62, 94) for supporting a building structure; a hollow conduit steel parts (56, 90) extending lengthwise in at least one of said footing portion (60, 92) and said support portion (62, 94) for holding utility service provisions; openings in said support portion (62, 94) for permitting access to said hollow conduit steel parts (56, 90) and said utility service provisions; and connecting means for connecting said member (40, 42, 44) to an adjacent similar member (40, 42, 44), whereby the connecting means being operable to deform elastically when seismic forces are imposed on said member. The invention also concerns to a proposed foundation for a building structure including a plurality of the above described foundation members.