Difference between Footing Tie Beam and Ground Beam

GROUND BEAM or GRADE BEAM

A "ground beam" refers to a "grade beam", a beam that typically spans poor soil conditions to
connect two or more other foundation elements to support a slab or walls that would otherwise
not be supportable by the soil.
It is a beam which carries vertical and possibly horizontal loading between support points, and
just happens to be at the ground level.
Grade beam: soil level beam transferring loads delivered by superstructure above, or expanding
soil below, to discrete foundation elements (piles/footings).
Tie beam: soil level beam connecting two or more vertical load carrying elements -- usually
columns -- for the purpose of stabilizing those elements laterally, particularly in the context of
high seismic motion.
Often, you'll have grade beams around the perimeter of a building supporting the exterior walls
and tie beams in the interior stabilizing isolated column foundations. When tie beams are
required in the interior of a building, usually the perimeter grade beams will also serve as tie
beams. And, of course, you sometimes have grade beams in the interior of a building as well to
support interior bearing and shear walls etc.
FOOTING TIE BEAM
In masonry construction, a "tie beam" is an intermediate beam used at floor levels and roof levels
to provide lateral continuity of the masonry and to "tie" the tie columns or end walls to prevent
lateral movement. In wood or other framing systems a "tie beam" (also called a collar beam or
collar tie) is a beam section that prevents two structural members from spreading apart, such as
roof rafters.
A tie beam can be in the ground as well, but its purpose would be primarily to carry axial loading,
mostly tension.