Jason, I have used ADAPT MAT for many years and find it to be quite flexible for mat foundation design. I like it because it doesn't have any modeling limitations and generates all of the rebar drawings for me. Ahmad -----Original Message----- From: Jason Christensen [mailto:jason@wcaeng.com]=20 Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:19 PM To: seaint@seaint.org Subject: Mat Foundation I have a 5 story structure that is going to be support by a mat = foundation. The structure is a bearing wall type building with = uniformly space bearing walls at 10ft. Does anyone have and example or = reference for designing such a foundation. Any recommended software Thanks in advance jason |