Pad, sloped, stepped, combined and pile footings — designed in your browser to IS 456, ACI 318 and Eurocode 2.
A free online foundation design calculator built for practising structural engineers. Enter column loads and soil bearing capacity; IntelliCascade™ progressively tries five footing types and returns a code-compliant design with reinforcement schedule, FEM verification and a downloadable report.
Pad, sloped, stepped, combined and pile cap — switch with a click instead of running five spreadsheets.
Patent-pending engine that tries simpler footing types first and only escalates if checks fail. Saves concrete and rebar without compromising safety.
Mindlin plate elements verify base pressure and bending — no separate software needed.
Generate a stamped PDF report and Bar Bending Schedule that match your project numbering convention.
Axial load, moments, soil safe bearing capacity and material grades. Imperial or metric — toggle anytime.
The engine attempts pad first, escalates to sloped/stepped/combined/pile only when checks fail. Returns the most economical compliant design.
Inspect bearing pressure, settlement, one-way and two-way shear, flexure and crack-width checks with a side-by-side 3D footing view.
Download a code-referenced PDF report and a bar bending schedule ready for your contractor.
Quickly size pad footings for the typical 200–600 kN column loads in low-rise residential work.
Combined footings that share two adjacent columns when boundary lines force a constraint.
When SBC < 100 kN/m², escalate straight to a pile group with the appropriate cap.
Stepped or sloped footings under existing structures where headroom is tight.
Three engineering cases with the inputs and expected results. Open one to see exactly what to type into the calculator.
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