Safety Criteria and Standards for Bearing Capacity of Foundation

Table 4

Standards for the factors of safety of foundations.

Standard	Admissible factor of safety	Note
Code for Design of Building Foundations (GB50007-2011) [18]	2.0–3.0
Engineering and Design-Bearing Capacity of Soils, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [21]	2.0–4.0	Factor for roadway or railway bridge foundations is 4.0