Suppose that you wish to lay a level foundation for a home on hilly and bushy terrain.?
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Cover one end of your garden hose with clear plastic (like Saran Wrap) and wrap rubber bands around it to hold the plastic in place.  Then remove your garden hose from the faucet and cover the faucet end of the garden hose with plastic wrap and use rubber bands to hold that in place as well.  Lay down the garden hose over a relatively flat area of the ground where you wish to determine level elevation.  Then look at each end for air bubbles.  (Make sure the garden hose isn't draped over a hill, or this procedure won't help.)\n\nIf you find air bubbles at one end of the hose, it means that end is at a higher elevation than the other.  Move the bubble end of the garden hose, without moving the other end until the bubbles leave the plastic.  Then check the other end of the garden hose.  If you find bubbles, move that end only until the bubbles leave the plastic.  \n\nRepeat this procedure until you don't see bubbles at either end.  That is when the ground is level along the length of the garden hose.
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no, it needs to be on a flat level hard floor
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To be honest I believe that the first thing you need to do is hire an architect anyway.  They know what steps you need to take and can ensure that the plan you have selected is correct for your needs and meets local ordinances.  Also, in order to get a loan you are probably going to need work done by an architect, and, depending on the home site, a geotechnical engineer.\n\nYMMV, but this is true in my locale.\n\nFull disclosure - I am a civil engineer working in the construction business.
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It starts to sink among other things. \n\nThe house can start to settle on one side and basically bend the foundation and crack it.
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Depends on where the land is.
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At the bottom of a series of strata.
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You could just reserve a corner of a pasture for your Dressage arena. Just block it off with fence posts every little way and string rope between the posts. You don't even have to worry about having a dirt footing or anything. You just need a level place to do it. Of course if you live in a hilly place you may need to get a bulldozer in for an hour or two to level out a spot for you.
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Contact the particular service provider. They will send a team for inspection of your land and finalise.
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the needed papers/license to build something like that.\n\nThe construction should be checked also before building (strong enough etc)
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V = h*pi*r^2\n\nThere h - height\nr - radius of foundation\nV - volume
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Probably something lighter than steel since you have to ship it up there.   I'm not sure what the surface of mars is made out of.  If its made out of rock you probably don't need much of a foundation at all.  If it is made out of mud or sand you'l likely need to have a long wide plate that will distribute the load of your building over a larger area.
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The surface on which the structure is being built.
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Will all depends on the contour of the land.  If nothing is in the way, then it could be low.  But to get over buildings, trees, hills, ect.. Probably atleast 150-200ft.
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Any Hardware/lumber store ie. Home Depot or Lowes.  Ask for landscaping timbers.  most have rounded sides so they are safe.
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You can probably do it, but you'll have to shop around.  Most banks don't offer mortgages on unimproved land, but there's got to be a few that do - but the interest rates may not be so good!
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Almost all buildings settle as the weight of the building compresses the subsoil supporting it.  In a typical house that may cause a only a few cracks in the plasterboard walls, etc.  But you would never notice from the outside.  For a very tall narrow building a little settling would be magnified by the height.  And once tilted, the load on the subsoil would no longer be evenly exerted and the tilt may help increase itself.  When the Tower of Pisa was built, much less was known about soil engineering and you took what you got, especially if the building far outlived the builders.  I believe that there have been many schemes to return the tower to plumb but little interest because the tower would lose its historical appeal.  They just want to reduce the tilt if necessary and insure that it never actually topples.
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They give you the basics, like the materials stacked at the site are the basics for a house.  It is up to you to make them a house you would like to live in.