Grade Beam

Grade Beam

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A grade beam is indeed a component of a building's foundation system. It's actually a reinforced concrete beam which distributes the weight from a bearing wall onto dispersed foundations like pile caps or caissons. When the load-bearing capability of the surface soil is below the design loads, it is employed.

The grade beam is really a concrete element that connects the pile cap with the footing horizontally. Wall footing and Grade beams are not similar because grade beams can flex and often stretch between the piling cap as well as the caisson, but wall footing is simply bonded to the earth and transfers load from the wall to the base.