https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/174064/ram-footing-tension-from-moment-from-bottom-of-footingHi, I have a building with moment frames. All lateral columns are fixed at the bottom and the pile caps keep failing with tension in the piles. I pinned the columns at the bottom, thinking it will make it worse, and it actually all worked. So the tensionen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/502282?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:25:57 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:35f06da5-fa72-4005-a24a-bae9a983285fSeth Guthrie<p>Refer to the RamFoundation.pdf manual, section 4.16.1 Pile Cap Analysis for details on how pile forces are determined. Moments at the column base do contribute.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>