Footings are of crucial significance in loading shear walls to the ground with the loads through transfer. The objective of creating this Excel spreadsheet is to exclusively carry out the footing design of shear walls based on ACI 318-02 by providing a clear and calculated step-by-step method of calculation on shear walls to a structural engineer. Be it in designing against axial loads, bending or shear, this tool takes out the complexity of design, yet is compliant with mandatory regulations.
All major checks during the design are covered in the spreadsheet, namely soil bearing capacity, footing dimensions, flexural strength, one-way shear, two-way shear, and reinforcement requirements. This sheet allows one to ease input the different fields, automatically compute the results and therefore is suitable for providing quick and precise work on foundation designs with repeatability and accuracy as a bonus. Since 2002, the American Concrete Institute has set the standard for the design of shear wall footings that are safe and efficient, and this free downloadable Excel tool helps achieve it with confidence.
