Another example of allowable settlements for buildings is Table 7.2 (from Sowers,
1962). In this table, the allowable foundation displacement has been divided into three categories:
total settlement, tilting, and differential movement. Table 7.2 indicates that structures that are more
flexible, such as simple steel frame buildings, or have more rigid foundations, such as mat founda-tions, can sustain larger values of total settlement and differential movement.