Surcharge

The Assign > Surcharge command permits the user to assign a surcharge on a footing to account for dead and live loads including the soil and slab loads that are not already accounted for in the model. A positive surcharge indicates a load in the direction of gravity.

Note: The values entered are a load per unit area.

Setting	Description
Dead Load	The dead load is used to account for the soil, floor slab, and other dead load surcharge that the footing may be supporting that are not already accounted for in the dead load on the structure.
Live Load	The live load is used to account for any live load that may be supported by the footing (e.g., the live load on a floor slab supported by the footing that is not already accounted for in the live load on the structure.

Note: The Dead and Live surcharge loads are included with any other Dead and Live loads on the structure when evaluating load combinations.