Thanks for the response KootK. I have limestone fill supporting the footing and I have been reading that having the eccentricity outside the middle third ia acceptable providing the founding material is rock, however in this instance I am unsure I can proceed down that path.
My reasons so far...
Hi,
I am currently doing a pad footing design on a brownfields project and am in a situation where I want to avoid extending any existing pad footings where possible.
I have attached a page extract from the Handbook of Concrete Engineering which provides guidance on calculation maximum bearing...
