Keeping water drained away from concrete foundations and preventing it from moving through the concrete are essential to a successful structure. Accomplishing our goal, then, of draining any water away and ensuring a dry interior space below grade can be relatively simple or fairly involved depending on geographic location, climate, topography, soil/water table conditions, and depth of the foundation.
And remember that since this will mostly be underground when the building is complete, doing it right the first time is critical, because coming back to fix it is an expensive undertaking. A leaky foundation in a commercial building can damage finishes and even the structure itself. In a commercial building, water can ruin expensive equipment and disrupt vital work.