A shallow foundation can be a simple footing under a column of a wall, or the much more elaborate case of a bridge abutment. The latter must be designed for dead loads from the bridge deck, earth pressure from the backfill behind the wall and in front to the wall, as well as the bearing capacity of the footing with due consideration to that the loads do not act in the center of the footing. UniBear handles the simple and elaborate case with equal ease
