1.   The first step toward a good foundation is a concrete footing.

2.   Flagler installed steel rods running from the roofs into concrete footings.

3.   Ideally they should rest on concrete footings situated below the frost line.

4.   In yards with heavy clay, pergola posts should be set in large concrete footings to keep the structure from moving.

5.   Steel rods run from the roofs into concrete footings.

6.   That infrastructure sits atop huge concrete footings that line what will be the front stretch of the racing surface.

7.   Use only wood pressure-treated with chemicals for posts installed directly in the ground, because wood will rot without concrete footings.

8.   Excessive settlement can result from many things, such as problems with the ground or with the concrete footings used to support the structure.