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# Foundations and Retaining Walls

> Footing, pile and retaining wall calculators for Australia and New Zealand.

### Footings and Piles

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  <Card title="Design a Concrete Pad Footing to AS 3600:2018" icon="pyramid" href="/docs/calculators/au/foundations-and-retaining-walls/concretePadFooting">
    Design concrete pad footings to AS 3600:2018 (Amdt 2) with instant moment, shear and punching shear results.
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  <Card title="Design a Concrete Wall Footing to AS 3600:2018 (Amdt 2)" icon="calculator" href="/docs/calculators/au/foundations-and-retaining-walls/concreteWallFooting">
    Design concrete wall footings to AS 3600:2018 (Amdt 2) with instant moment, shear, stability, and bearing stress results. Handles center and edge walls.
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  <Card title="Design Laterally Loaded Piles to AS 2159:2009" icon="calculator" href="/docs/calculators/au/foundations-and-retaining-walls/lateralLoadedPileAU">
    Check piles under lateral load to AS 2159:2009.
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  <Card title="Design a Steel Screw Pile" icon="calculator" href="/docs/calculators/au/foundations-and-retaining-walls/foundationsScrewPile">
    Design steel screw piles to AS 2870:2011 and AS 2159:2009. Ultimate bearing and serviceability with geotechnical risk rating and corrosion allowance.
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  <Card title="Estimate Soil Bearing Capacity" icon="book" href="/docs/calculators/au/foundations-and-retaining-walls/BearingCapacityEstimationAU">
    Estimate soil bearing capacity below a shallow foundation using Meyerhof's (1956) general bearing capacity equation, for preliminary sizing.
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### Retaining Walls

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  <Card title="Design a Sleeper Retaining Wall" icon="pencil" href="/docs/calculators/au/foundations-and-retaining-walls/retainingWallSleeperCohesive">
    Design sleeper retaining walls in cohesive soils to AS 4678:2002, AS 2159:2009 and AS 4100:2020. Checks sleepers, steel posts, embedment and bearing.
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  <Card title="Design an L-Type Cantilever Retaining Wall to AS 4678:2002" icon="calculator" href="/docs/calculators/au/foundations-and-retaining-walls/LTypeCantileverRetainingWallAU">
    Design L-type cantilever retaining walls to AS 4678:2002 and AS 3600:2018.
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  <Card title="Design a Masonry Retaining Wall" icon="pencil" href="/docs/calculators/au/foundations-and-retaining-walls/design-masonry-retaining-wall">
    The present sheet deals with the analyses and design of masonry retaining wall. The masonry retaining wall is a composite retaining wall constructed u...
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