Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement was originally published with a 1999 copyright and was intended for use as a reference book by university faculty members and graduate students in geotechnical engineering as well as by consulting engineers. The revised second edition of the book was published with a 2009 copyright. During the last 17 years, the text has served intended readers well. More recently there have been several requests to update the material and prepare a new edition. This third edition of the text has been developed in response to those requests.