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Presence of aggressive chemicals in ground and groundwater can deteriorate concrete foundations or its reinforcements. Concrete codes require preventive measures to assure durability of concrete foundations which is based on geochemistry information of the site. Construction in the city of Rasht, in the Iranian Caspian coast, is fast growing often without sufficient geochemistry data for residential...