CADS Hub Design Applications – Foundation Design

Footing Designer

CADS Footing Designer is a program for checking and designing mass and reinforced concrete foundations based on BS EN 1992-1-1:2004+A1:2014 and BS EN 1997-1:2004+A1:2013 for UK National Annex.

This software performs stability and strength checks for mass or reinforced concrete foundation supporting a single or multiple columns and subjected to vertical, horizontal and moment forces.

The design of the base is performed in two stages: geotechnical design and structural design. The geotechnical design is performed in accordance with BS EN 1997-1 and the structural design in accordance with BS EN 1992-1-1.

Pile Cap Designer

Calculation of pile caps for several pile arrangements are in accordance with BS EN 1992-1-1:2004+A1:2014 – Design of concrete structures – Part 1-1 General rules and rules for buildings for UK National Annex.

The program performs the analysis and design to find the appropriate size and reinforcement for a pile cap.

The application supports different types of pile configurations, from two piles to nine pile groups There is an option to calculate using Beam theory or Strut and tie model are supported.

Pile properties such as diameter, spacing factor and its ultimate capacity can be defined.

Supports axial loads and moments from two directions from a column.
There is a 3D and 2D preview of the pile cap with loading and reinforcement details.

Customisable output with 3 levels of output details, MS Word and PDF export of output reports.

Concrete Ground Bearing Slabs

This software application has been designed to check the structural design of reinforced concrete ground bearing slabs subjected to point loads (single, double, quadruple), line loads and uniformly distributed loads, by calculating the resistance to bending moments generated by the loads and in the case of concentrated loads the resistance to punching shear. This is done in accordance with Technical Report 34 (TR34) – A guide to design and construction – Fourth edition (Published by The Concrete Society on August 2013, Reprinted June 2014 and March 2016).

The concrete slab can be reinforced using steel fabric or bar reinforcement, steel fibres, macro synthetic fibres or a combination of these.

Point loads can be applied either internally, at the slab edges or at the slab corners. In the case of edge or corner loading, load transfer can be allowed for using dowels, steel fabric or a proprietary system.

A user definable block library, as in CAD programs, allows the easy access and re-use of frequent structural systems.

Raft Foundation Designer

CADS Raft Foundation Designer application performs spot design checks at user defined locations under a variety of loading arrangements and checks the adequacy of slab thickness and reinforcement provided at different locations of a raft.

Calculations broadly follow the procedures and guidance given in Structural Foundation Designers’ Manual (Curtin, Shaw, Parkinson and Golding, 1997) and are performed in accordance with BS EN 1992-1-1:2004 + A1:2014 including the UK National Annex.
Point loads can be applied either internally, at the slab edges or at the slab corners. In the case of edge or corner loading, load transfer can be allowed for using dowels, steel fabric or a proprietary system.

A user definable block library, as in CAD programs, allows the easy access and re-use of frequent structural systems.